{"id":18199,"date":"2025-03-20T15:38:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/australian-government-agencies-could-be-customers-of-israeli-spyware-research-suggests\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:38:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:38:43","slug":"australian-government-agencies-could-be-customers-of-israeli-spyware-research-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/australian-government-agencies-could-be-customers-of-israeli-spyware-research-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian government agencies could be customers of Israeli spyware, research suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While it is unknown if any Australians have been targeted, the military-grade program from Paragon Solutions provides full access to encrypted messaging apps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2025\/mar\/20\/australia-news-live-greens-homelessness-budget-jim-chalmers-election-cost-of-living-pbs-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-ntwnfb\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australian government agencies could be customers of military-grade spyware from Israeli firm Paragon Solutions, a new report suggests.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Meta revealed more than 90 people, including journalists, had their WhatsApp compromised by the software, although it is unknown if any Australians were targeted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s breaking news email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/mar\/21\/australian-government-agencies-could-be-customers-of-israeli-spyware-research-suggests-ntwnfb\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/dcfd5b8ee293a992fb4c6f2b337a6478e584a106\/0_212_3600_2159\/master\/3600.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=251f09692b43dc6f0242fecc4b5acfaf\" title=\"Australian government agencies could be customers of Israeli spyware, research suggests\" \/>While it is unknown if any Australians have been targeted, the military-grade program from Paragon Solutions provides full access to encrypted messaging apps<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>Australian government agencies could be customers of military-grade spyware from Israeli firm Paragon Solutions, a new report suggests.<br \/>\nIn January, Meta revealed more than 90 people, including journalists, had their WhatsApp compromised by the software, although it is unknown if any Australians were targeted.<br \/>\nSign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s breaking news email Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While it is unknown if any Australians have been targeted, the military-grade program from Paragon Solutions provides full access to encrypted messaging apps Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australian government agencies could be customers of military-grade spyware from Israeli firm &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/australian-government-agencies-could-be-customers-of-israeli-spyware-research-suggests\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Australian 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