Spain: 2021 spyware attack targeted prime minister's phone
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Officials said the devices were breached by the Pegasus spyware, made by an Israeli company, which is intended to track illegal behavior but has been misused by some governments.
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The cellphones of Spain's prime minister and defense minister were infected last year with Pegasus spyware, which is available only to countries' government agencies, authorities announced Monday.
Officials said the devices were breached by the Pegasus spyware, made by an Israeli company, which is intended to track illegal behavior but has been misused by some governments.
Spain said Monday that the mobile phones of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Defence Minister Margarita Robles were tapped using Pegasus spyware in an "illicit and external" intervention.
The cellphones of Spain's prime minister and defense minister were infected last year with Pegasus spyware, which is available only to countries' government agencies, authorities announced Monday.
Minister says Pegasus obtained large amount of data from Pedro Sanchez's cellphone; announcement comes as Madrid faces pressure for alleged hacking of Catalan separatists
Spanish authorities say that "a certain amount of data" was taken from the phones of the country's prime minister and defense minister through the Pegasus spying tool.
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