Spyware found on phone of European Parliament member probing it
Pegasus spyware infected the phone of an MEP who was actively investigating commercial surveillance abuse — a direct compromise of EU democratic oversight that intensifies the political case for stricter spyware regulation.
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Stelios Kouloglou, formerly a member of the European Parliament's committee investigating abuses of commercial spyware, was twice infected with Pegasus while serving, researchers said.
Editorial Analysis
Targeting a legislator investigating spyware abuse escalates the threat from a civil-liberties concern to a direct assault on EU institutional integrity, likely accelerating regulatory action.
Re-evaluate executive and board-member mobile-security controls, including lockdown-mode deployment and periodic forensic checks for commercial spyware.
A European lawmaker probing spyware was himself targeted by Pegasus — boards should treat commercial spyware as a credible threat to senior leadership.
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