European Parliament PEGA Committee Member's Phone Infected with Pegasus Spyware

Citizen Lab reported that the phone of a member of the European Parliament’s PEGA Committee was infected twice with Pegasus spyware, developed by the NSO Group. The PEGA Committee, named after the Pegasus spyware, was established to investigate the use of surveillance tools like Pegasus and Predator. No specific dates, technical details, or identities of the targeted individual were disclosed in the report. The incident involves the same spyware the committee was formed to scrutinize, highlighting a direct compromise of an oversight body. The infection was confirmed by Citizen Lab, a research group specializing in digital threats.