Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware0

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• July 3, 2026

Security researchers have confirmed that a European politician had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware while he was part of an investigative committee investigating abuses of the notorious surveillance tool. This has reignited a new controversy over the abuse of spyware by governments to gather information on their critics. Researchers at the University of Toronto’s