EU urged to act after Pegasus infects phone of spyware inquiry MEP
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Citizen Lab revealed that Stelios Kouloglou, a former MEP involved in an EU parliamentary inquiry into spyware, had his iPhone infected with Pegasus in 2022 and 2023, prompting civil liberties groups to demand an urgent EU investigation, implementation of PEGA Committee recommendations, and stronger export and oversight controls; the report situates this incident within a pattern of EU spyware scandals (Greece, Spain, Poland, Hungary) and highlights enforcement shortcomings in the Dual-Use Regulation.
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