EU Lawmakers Investigating Pegasus Found the Spyware on Their Own Phones
*Citizen Lab findings show the surveillance tool targeted a European Parliament member involved in the probe, prompting accusations of an attack on the rule of law.*
European politicians examining the use of Pegasus spyware discovered the same tool had been placed on one of their phones.
Citizen Lab released the new findings after the lawmakers had already begun their inquiry into the spyware’s deployment.
“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” one European Parliament member said of the results.
The case involves members of the European Parliament who were already tracking Pegasus activity. The appearance of the spyware on an investigator’s device marks a direct reversal of roles between examiner and target.
No further technical details on infection method or operator have been released in the initial report.
The outcome leaves open questions about how widely the tool may have been used against oversight bodies and whether additional devices were also compromised.
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