Pegasus
Spyware exposé lets Israel off the hook
By Refaat Alareer*
Jul 11, 2023
Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy by Laurent Richard and Sandrine...
Data, Spies and Indifference: How Mitsotakis Survived His ‘Watergate’
The surveillance scandal made headlines but did not hurt the Greek government at the ballot box. Experts say this reflects a general ambivalence about...
Armenians Hacked With Pegasus Spyware During War: NGO
May 25, 2023
At least a dozen Armenian journalists, NGO workers, and officials had their phones hacked with the notorious Pegasus spyware while the country fought with Azerbaijan, a rights group...
French armed forces minister was also targeted by Pegasus spyware
France’s former armed forces minister Florence Parly was unknowingly targeted while in office by the secret Pegasus spyware, sold to governments by Israeli surveillance...
EU lawmakers launch plea for spyware controls
Greece, Cyprus, Poland and Hungary among countries where surveillance software needs serious checks, lawmakers say.
By Antoaneta Roussi
May 9, 2023
The European Parliament wants the...
Israeli firm NSO’s spyware again hacking iPhones
University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab releases findings after detecting infiltration of Mexican human rights defenders.
Apr 19, 2023
A research group says the Israeli NSO Group’s...
On the Israeli crisis and the Greek Wiretapping Scandal
Apr. 1, 2023
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Greek opposition to boycott parliament over wiretap scandal
Feb 2. 2023
Greece’s main opposition party said Tuesday that it won’t participate in parliamentary votes until a general election is held later this year,...
Europe’s got a big, creepy spyware problem – and it’s going...
Journalists and digital experts are uncovering large-scale domestic spying in European Union countries with hackers targeting the smartphones of journalists, lawyers, politicians and activists....
Cyprus-Israel surveillance link under spotlight
Nov. 3, 202
The European Parliament’s PEGA Inquiry Committee delegation on Pegasus and illicit spyware are suspicious of the surveillance link between Israel and Cyprus.
MEPs...