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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Sean Bell

Spain claims prime minister targeted by spyware used against Catalans

Spanish Government claims prime minister also targeted by spyware

SPAIN’S prime minister and defence minister were targeted by the same spyware found to have hacked dozens of pro-independence Catalan figures, the Spanish government has claimed.

In a press conference on Monday morning, Spanish presidency minister Félix Bolaños said that the hacking of phones belonging to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and defence minister Margarita Robles using the Pegasus spyware was “external and illicit”, adding: "We want the judiciary to investigate so we can find out the truth, which is why we have made all of this information available.”

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