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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Italian activists and journalist targeted by spyware in 2024, prosecutors confirm

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In early 2025, WhatsApp revealed that it had discovered that 90 people, including journalists, had been targeted by software made by Paragon Solutions. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

Italian prosecutors investigating a domestic spying scandal say they have independently confirmed that two immigration activists and a journalist were hacked at the same time in late 2024, suggesting all three were part of the same “infection campaign”.

The development could bring more questions for the far-right government of Giorgia Meloni, who has denied any involvement in the hacking of the journalist, the Fanpage editor-in-chief, Francesco Cancellato.

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