Security Researchers Confirm Phone Hacking of European Politician

A European politician, Stelios Kouloglou, a Greek journalist and former politician, had his phone hacked with the notorious Pegasus spyware while serving on the European Parliament’s PEGA committee, which is tasked with investigating phone spyware attacks by European governments. This confirmation has reignited fresh controversy over governments abusing spyware to collect information about their critics.

The researchers at the University of Toronto’s digital rights unit, The Citizen Lab, say the confirmed phone hacking of Kouloglou during 2022 and 2023 marks the first time that a member of the European Parliament’s PEGA committee has been publicly identified as a victim of spyware.

Kouloglou told TechCrunch in a phone call that the deliberate compromise of his phone was