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EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended U…
EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones
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Wired
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Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess
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3 Jul 2026 · 05:00 UTC
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Surveillance & Privacy
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1 min read
Summary
Documents confirmed deployment of sophisticated spyware against EU lawmakers investigating surveillance, exemplifying how state-level surveillance targets even institutional watchdogs and undermines democratic oversight.
“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab.
spyware deployment against politicians
Pegasus surveillance tool
rule of law violation
EU institutional targeting
state-level espionage
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