{"id":17603,"date":"2025-02-03T15:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/critic-of-italy-libya-migration-pact-told-he-was-target-of-israeli-spyware\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:37:15","slug":"critic-of-italy-libya-migration-pact-told-he-was-target-of-israeli-spyware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/critic-of-italy-libya-migration-pact-told-he-was-target-of-israeli-spyware\/","title":{"rendered":"Critic of Italy-Libya migration pact told he was target of Israeli spyware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Husam El Gomati, who reports on links between Italian government and Libya\u2019s coastguard, fears for his sources<\/p>\n<p>A Sweden-based Libyan activist who has been a vocal critic of Italy and its dealings in Libya was alerted by WhatsApp last week that he had been targeted with military-grade spyware, raising new concerns about the possible use of powerful cyberweapons by European governments.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged breach of Husam El Gomati\u2019s mobile phone \u2013 as well as the mobile phones of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/jan\/31\/whatsapp-israel-spyware\">89 other activists, journalists and members of civil society<\/a> \u2013 was discovered by WhatsApp in late December.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/feb\/03\/critic-of-italy-libya-migration-pact-told-he-was-target-of-israeli-spyware\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/caf0c33229a55373a21ae51b39f67eb57a1fc2f3\/0_160_1800_1079\/master\/1800.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=50434b1a5c5f81d761b4d604d3ed40f9\" title=\"Critic of Italy-Libya migration pact told he was target of Israeli spyware\" \/>Husam El Gomati, who reports on links between Italian government and Libya\u2019s coastguard, fears for his sources<br \/>\nA Sweden-based Libyan activist who has been a vocal critic of Italy and its dealings in Libya was alerted by WhatsApp last week that he had been targeted with military-grade spyware, raising new concerns about the possible use of powerful cyberweapons by European governments.<br \/>\nThe alleged breach of Husam El Gomati\u2019s mobile phone \u2013 as well as the mobile phones of 89 other activists, journalists and members of civil society \u2013 was discovered by WhatsApp in late December. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Husam El Gomati, who reports on links between Italian government and Libya\u2019s coastguard, fears for his sources A Sweden-based Libyan activist who has been a vocal critic of Italy and its dealings in Libya was alerted by WhatsApp last week that he had been targeted with military-grade spyware, raising new concerns about the possible use &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/critic-of-italy-libya-migration-pact-told-he-was-target-of-israeli-spyware\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Critic of Italy-Libya migration pact told he was target of Israeli spyware<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17603"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}