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Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware

TechCrunch 3 Jul 2026 1 views

A government customer of NSO Group used the company's Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an EU committee tasked with investigating the spyware industry.

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