Citizen Lab Confirms Paragon Spyware Infections of Two European Journalists

Italian journalist targeted with Paragon spyware: watchdog group

A second Italian journalist was recently targeted by software made by U.S.-owned surveillance company Paragon, internet watchdog group Citizen Lab said, raising new questions about a surveillance scandal that has already led Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government and Paragon to part ways. Citizen Lab said in a report published on Thursday that Italian investigative journalist Ciro Pellegrino's iPhone showed evidence of having been targeted b…

Apple squashes zero-click bug used for spyware attacks

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Italy: New case of journalist targeted with Graphite spyware confirms widespread use of unlawful surveillance

Responding to the publication of a Citizen Lab report identifying Italian journalist Ciro Pellegrino and another who has chosen to remain anonymous, as the latest targets of Paragon’s spyware in Europe, Elina Castillo Jiménez, Advocacy and Policy Advisor on targeted surveillance at Amnesty International, said: “The discovery that Paragon’s highly invasive Graphite spyware has been unlawfully used against yet another journalist in Italy, Ciro Pel…

European journalists targeted with Paragon Solutions spyware, say researchers - Editor and Publisher

Citizen Lab says it found “digital fingerprints” of military-grade spyware that Italy has admitted using against activists

The Phone-Spying Scandal Rocking Italian Journalists

Editors at a publication known for hard-hitting investigations of government officials have learned their phones were hacked.