Stelios Kouloglou
Coverage of Stelios Kouloglou in the Nexus archive.
- European Parliament Member Investigating Spyware Was Hacked With Pegasus
A European Parliament member was hacked with Pegasus spyware while investigating the abuse of commercial surveillance tools. Forensic analysis confirmed attackers accessed his device.
- EU lawmaker investigating surveillance hacked by Israeli spyware, report says
A Greek former parliamentarian, Stelios Kouloglou, was targeted with Pegasus spyware, according to an analysis by Citizen Lab.
- Researchers say EU lawmaker who investigated surveillance was hacked by Israeli spyware
A former European Parliament member involved in investigating abusive surveillance was hacked three times between October 2022 and March 2023 using Pegasus spyware. The Canadian tech watchdog Citizen Lab reported the hacking, attributing it to the Israeli company NSO Group.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Spyware found on phone of European Parliament member probing it
Stelios Kouloglou, a member of the European Parliament's committee investigating abuses of commercial spyware, was infected with Pegasus twice during his service, according to researchers.