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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

Watchdog warns Boris Johnson of suspected spyware attack on No 10

PA Wire

The Prime Minister’s Downing Street office may have been the target of surveillance by powerful spyware made by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to a cyber watchdog group.

Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto on Monday said it “observed and notified” the Government of “multiple suspected instances of Pegasus spyware infections” within 10 Downing Street and the Foreign Office in 2020 and 2021.

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