European Parliament Member Investigating Spyware Was Hacked With Pegasus

Citizen Lab reports that MEP Stelios Kouloglou was repeatedly infected with Pegasus spyware (on or around 2022-10-21 and 2023-03-06/07) using a zero-click HomeKit exploit codenamed PWNYOURHOME (patched in iOS 16.3.1); forensic artifacts and Apple threat notifications indicate attackers likely accessed confidential committee materials. The report links one infection to a prior campaign targeting Russian/Belarusian-language journalists via a shared email indicator ([email protected]), describes parallel telecom-based covert location-tracking campaigns abusing SMS/SS7/Diameter and specific providers, and highlights misuse of forensic tools — collectively exposing sophisticated, cross-border commercial surveillance operations against journalists, lawmakers, and dissidents.