European Parliament Spyware Investigator Hacked with Pegasus: Citizen Lab Report
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The Citizen Lab reports that Stelios Kouloglou, a former Member of the European Parliament and investigative journalist who served on the PEGA committee investigating spyware abuses, was hacked with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware. Forensic analysis of his device revealed that attackers could have accessed confidential committee documents and deliberations related to the investigation of Pegasus and other spyware. Kouloglou, a Greek journalist and MEP affiliated with the Left/Syriza, was targeted while actively investigating the very spyware used against him.
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· 3 pulledWe found that former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was hacked with Pegasus spyware while serving on the PEGA committee, which investigated Pegasus and other spyware abuses in Europe.
Through forensic analysis of his device, we found that the attackers could have had access to confidential documents and committee deliberations.
Kouloglou was a substitute member of the PEGA committee investigating Pegasus and other spyware abuses in Europe.
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