The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

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This article is part of my special hackers series. Good reading! On October 14, 2025, Lighthouse Reports launched a global investigation that is currently shaking the surveillance industry. For this titanic investigation, 70 journalists from 14 different media including Le Monde, Der Spiegel and Mother Jones who worked on the same file for months and this one is explosive. Their subject is First Wap, an Indonesian box that has discreetly spyed o…