NEW INVESTIGATION: Prominent #Putin's critic in exile hacked with #Pegasus #spyware in #Berlin. 

#europe has a massive spyware problem.

Yet many #EU countries have sat on the sidelines.

Still,  hacks keep coming, harming EU #cybersecurity  #humanrights & #nationalsecurity 

Worse yet, #Germany thinks it can simultaneously be a Pegasus customer & not contribute to the problem.

Embarrassing.

We @beb4ab43 did tech analysis in investigation led by Access Now https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/13/pegasus-infection-meduza-founder/

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 @e68a5c0d @beb4ab43 “Who has hacked her phone while in a Western democracy?”

The text itself explains that Pegasus uses remote exploits.

As long the mobile is connected to the Internet, Pegasus and similar tools that use “high value, fresh exploits” will get it.

The Apple development is so so (monolithic, periodic updates), and don't get me started on Android.