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Original Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/04/18/1527202/catalan-independence-leaders-targeted-by-spyware-rights-group-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_me
Catalan Independence Leaders Targeted By Spyware, Rights Group Says
Catalonia's regional leader accused the Spanish government on Monday of spying on its citizens after a rights group said his phone and dozens more belonging to Catalan pro-independence figures had been infected with spyware used by sovereign states. From a report: The Citizen Lab digital rights group found more than 60 people linked to the Catalan separatist movement, including several members of the European Parliament, other politicians, lawyers and activists, had been targeted with "Pegasus" spyware made by Israel's NSO Group after a failed independence bid. NSO, which markets the software as a law-enforcement tool, said Citizen Lab and Amnesty International, which was not involved in this investigation but has published previous studies about Pegasus, had produced inaccurate and unsubstantiated reports to target the company.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/04/18/1527202/catalan-independence-leaders-targeted-by-spyware-rights-group-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_me
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