Phones of Spanish PM, Defence Minister infected by Pegasus spyware
By MYBRANDBOOK
The government minister for the presidency, Felix Bolanos, said on Monday that Spanish authorities have detected "Pegasus" spyware in the mobile phones of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Defence Minister Margarita Robles.
Speaking at a news conference, Bolanos said that Sanchez's phone was infected in May 2021 and at least one data leak occurred then. He however did not reveal who could have been spying on the premier and whether any foreign powers or Spanish groups were suspected of being behind it.
"The interventions were illicit and external. External means carried out by non-official bodies and without state authorisation," he said. He further added that the infections had been reported to the justice ministry, and the High Court would be in charge of the case.
The announcement followed intense pressure on the leftist coalition government to explain itself after Canada's digital rights group Citizen Lab said more than 60 people linked to the Catalan separatist movement had been targets of "Pegasus" spyware made by Israel's NSO Group.
The European Union's data protection watchdog has called for a ban on Pegasus over allegations it has been abused by client governments to spy on rights activists, journalists and politicians.
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