SECURITYJul 3 · 05:00 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLDStephanie Kirchgaessner

Spyware used against MEP investigating Pegasus abuses, report finds

A member of the European parliament was targeted with Pegasus spyware while investigating spyware abuses in Europe. Researchers at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab found the attacks shared similarities with a previous campaign against exiled Russian and Belarusian journalists.

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