https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkyzxz/spain-nso-group-pegasus-catalonia
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai & Joseph Cox
Vice.com
July 14, 2020
The cellphones of several politicians in Spain, including that of the
president of one of the countries’ autonomous regional parliaments, were
targeted with spyware made by NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells
surveillance and hacking tools to governments around the world, according
to The Guardian and El Pais . Motherboard confirmed the specifics with
security researchers who investigated the attempted hack and a Facebook
employee who has knowledge of the case.
A former NSO employee has told Motherboard that the Spanish government has
been an NSO customer since 2015.
"We were actually very proud of them as a customer," the former employee
said. "Finally a European state." Motherboard granted the source anonymity
to protect them from retaliation from the company.
We cannot confirm whether these specific attempted hacks were directed by
the Spanish government, though one of the politicians targeted believes
the Spanish government is behind the attack.
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