Spyware Is Running Amok in Europe, EU Lawmaker Warns
- Draft says EU lacks oversight of programs such as Pegasus
- Trade in spyware is also unfettered, parliament document warns
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Spyware such as Pegasus is being deployed by state-run organizations across the European Union to snoop on politicians and journalists with virtually no EU-level oversight, according to a draft report for the bloc’s parliament.
The document on the use of surveillance spyware released on Tuesday said citizens can “safely assume that all EU member states have purchased one or more commercial spyware products” such as Pegasus, developed by Israel-based NSO Group Ltd.