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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU

The NSO Group logo on a wall, beside a smartphone
Israel’s NSO Group, the maker of Pegasus, says it sells its powerful spyware only for the purposes of preventing crime and terrorism. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images

At least seven journalists and activists who have been vocal critics of the Kremlin and its allies have been targeted inside the EU by a state using Pegasus, the hacking spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group, according to a new report by security researchers.

The targets of the hacking attempts – who were first alerted to the attempted cyber-intrusions after receiving threat notifications from Apple on their iPhones – include Russian, Belarusian, Latvian and Israeli journalists and activists inside the EU.

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