03 jul 2026
Spyware used against MEP investigating Pegasus abuses, report finds
Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou’s device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committee NSO Group’s hacking software was repeatedly used against a member of the European parliament while he was conducting an investigation of spyware abuses in Europe, according to a new report. Researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto said they could not attribute the attacks against Stelios Kouloglou to any particular government operator of Pegasus spyware.
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BRUSSELS Former member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was “repeatedly hacked “with Pegasus spyware while serving on the Parliament’s committee investigating spyware abuses, according to a new forensic investigation . The revelation raises fresh questions about whether the work of the inquiry itself was compromised. Researchers from Toronto University’s Citizen Lab found that Kouloglou’s phone was infected at least twice on Oct. 21, 2022 and March 6 - 7, 2023 during two critical phases of the investigation carried out by the Parliament’s PEGA Committee.
politico europeA government customer of NSO Group used the company's Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an EU committee tasked with investigating the spyware industry.
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