{"id":17633,"date":"2025-02-05T09:38:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/activists-critical-of-italian-pm-may-have-had-their-phones-targeted-by-paragon-spyware-says-whatsapp\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T09:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:38:46","slug":"activists-critical-of-italian-pm-may-have-had-their-phones-targeted-by-paragon-spyware-says-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/activists-critical-of-italian-pm-may-have-had-their-phones-targeted-by-paragon-spyware-says-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists critical of Italian PM may have had their phones targeted by Paragon spyware, says WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Messaging app announces that 90 people, residing in two dozen countries, may have had their devices hacked <\/p>\n

The Italian founder of the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans, who has been a vocal critic of Italy\u2019s alleged complicity in abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, has revealed WhatsApp informed him his mobile phone was targeted by military-grade spyware made by the Israel-based company Paragon Solutions.<\/p>\n

Luca Casarini, an activist whose organisation is estimated to have saved 2,000 people crossing the Mediterranean to Italy, is the most high profile person to come forward since WhatsApp announced last week that 90 journalists and other members of civil society had probably had their phones compromised by a government client using Paragon\u2019s spyware.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nMessaging app announces that 90 people, residing in two dozen countries, may have had their devices hacked
\nThe Italian founder of the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans, who has been a vocal critic of Italy\u2019s alleged complicity in abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, has revealed WhatsApp informed him his mobile phone was targeted by military-grade spyware made by the Israel-based company Paragon Solutions.
\nLuca Casarini, an activist whose organisation is estimated to have saved 2,000 people crossing the Mediterranean to Italy, is the most high profile person to come forward since WhatsApp announced last week that 90 journalists and other members of civil society had probably had their phones compromised by a government client using Paragon\u2019s spyware. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Messaging app announces that 90 people, residing in two dozen countries, may have had their devices hacked The Italian founder of the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans, who has been a vocal critic of Italy\u2019s alleged complicity in abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, has revealed WhatsApp informed him his mobile phone was targeted by military-grade …<\/p>\n

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