Spanish authorities have spotted Pegasus spyware on the mobile phones of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Defense Minister Margarita Robles, Spanish Prime Minister Felix Bolanos said today. Bolanos told a news conference that Sanchez’s phone had been infected with the software in May 2021 and that at least one data leak had been recorded. The […]
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They involve Cyprus in a case of espionage in Britain
Cyprus is named among four countries as the originator of the infamous Pegasus surveillance software, which monitored the mobile phones of Downing Street and Foreign Office officials. The revelation comes from Citizel Labs, a renowned digital security lab at the University of Toronto, Canada, which has named the United Arab Emirates as its main suspect. […]
Spain uses Israeli Pegasus to spy on Catalans, Pera Aragonés
The leader of Catalonia today accused the Spanish government of spying on citizens, after a human rights organization said that his phone, and dozens of others belonging to Catalan separatists, had been infected with spyware. The Citizen Lab team has found that more than 60 people linked to the Catalan separatist movement have been targeted […]
Poland: Deputy Prime Minister Kaczynski admits country bought Pegasus software
The leader of Poland’s nationalist, ruling party has acknowledged that his country has bought Israeli Pegasus surveillance software, but has denied allegations that it was used against the opposition, which has been rocked by weeks of protests. This software, once installed on a mobile phone, allows access to the messages and data contained in it, […]
Abu Dhabi and Dubai leaders buy Pegasus spyware
Abu Dhabi ruler Mohammed bin Zayed and Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Mahtoum both bought Pegasus cell phone spy software, according to an Israeli report. The two leaders bought the hacker software, created by the Israeli company NSO, independently of each other and without informing each other, the business news agency TheMarker reported. The […]
Pegasus case: In Mexico, first arrest for espionage against a journalist
Mexican justice announced Monday that a man has been arrested on charges of spying on an Israeli journalist using a Pegasus-made software map at the heart of international espionage revelations. The man was arrested on November 1 in Queretaro (central Mexico) for illegal espionage and was sent to prison. According to Mexican media, this is […]