A government customer of NSO Group used the Pegasus spyware to hack the phone of a European politician who was serving on an EU committee investigating the spyware industry. The breach reveals that surveillance tools intended for criminal or national‑security investigations can be turned against policymakers and oversight bodies, threatening the integrity of democratic scrutiny and raising the prospect of legal and reputational fallout for spyware vendors. European politician (name not disclosed),NSO Group,Unnamed government customer of NSO Group,EU committee investigating spyware The EU committee may demand a formal investigation into the alleged misuse of Pegasus.,Regulators could consider stricter export controls or sanctions on spyware firms.,Cybersecurity firms may see increased demand for mobile threat‑defense solutions targeting Pegasus‑like spyware. The report indicates that a government client of NSO Group deployed its Pegasus spyware to infiltrate the mobile device of a politician who was serving on an EU committee tasked with examining the spyware industry. This incident underscores the vulnerability of even those tasked with overseeing surveillance technologies to the very tools they are meant to scrutinize. While the technical details of the breach are not disclosed, the alignment of the victim's oversight role with the alleged use of Pegasus raises immediate concerns about potential misuse of surveillance tools against democratic oversight mechanisms.
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