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PEGA Committee

Coverage of PEGA Committee in the Nexus archive.

Earliest in view: Jul 3 · 05:00 UTCMost recent: Jul 3 · 06:13 UTC
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  • SECURITYJul 3 · 06:13 UTCMIDDLE EAST EYE
    Report: EU lawmaker who probed surveillance was hacked by Israeli spyware

    A former European Parliament member, Stelios Kouloglou, was hacked using Pegasus spyware between October 2022 and March 2023 while serving on the PEGA Committee, which investigated abusive surveillance. The spyware was provided by NSO Group, an Israeli company blacklisted by the U.S. government.

  • SECURITYJul 3 · 05:16 UTCPOLITICO EUROPE
    Probe finds former MEP investigating Pegasus was hacked with Pegasus

    Former European Parliament member Stelios Kouloglou was repeatedly hacked with Pegasus spyware during his work on the PEGA Committee investigating spyware abuses. Forensic analysis by Citizen Lab found infections on Oct. 21, 2022, and March 6–7, 2023, during critical phases of the investigation. The spyware, linked to NSO Group, could have exposed confidential parliamentary communications and raised concerns about the inquiry's integrity.

  • SECURITYJul 3 · 05:00 UTCCYBERSCOOP
    Someone infected a spyware probe overseer with spyware

    The European Parliament's PEGA Committee discovered that substitute member Stelios Kouloglou, a Greek journalist and former European Parliament member, was infected with Pegasus spyware twice in 2022 and 2023, as revealed by the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab. The infections occurred during critical phases of the committee's work on spyware abuses, highlighting failures to implement its own recommendations.