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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Second Italian journalist allegedly targeted with ‘mercenary spyware’

The journalist targeted, Ciro Pellegrino.
The journalist targeted, Ciro Pellegrino. Photograph: Fanpage

A second Italian journalist whose news organisation exposed young fascists within the prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party was targeted with sophisticated “mercenary spyware”, according to an Apple notification received by the reporter.

Ciro Pellegrino is the second reporter at the investigative news outlet Fanpage to fall victim to an alleged spyware attack, after his editor-in-chief, Francesco Cancellato.

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