NEW: "shocking and depressing"

"...even in this room I am speaking to people who were victims of this system"

#Poland's prosecutor general testifies to 🇵🇱#polish parliament about hacking of 100s with #Pegasus spyware.

Story: https://apnews.com/article/poland-spyware-pegasus-nso-group-israel-413bb3cb27daac011d52b524c6d16160

#polska #cybersecurity #spyware #malware #infosec #surveillance #EU #Europe

I'd bet my bottom dollar that this "unnamed...PR and lobbying firm" knows exactly who they are...

...and are no doubt experiencing an afternoon of the purest panic.

Using the offshore hack-for-hire ecosystem has been largely consequence-free for the middlemen & the ultimate beneficiaries of stolen information.

The tide may be turning & this latest arrest suggests that more consequences may be inbound.

#hacking #infosec #spyware #malware #cybersecurity #phishing #India

Anytime a new privacy app/tool pops up, you're right to be initially skeptical. How the FBI secretly ran its own tech startup to wiretap the world:

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/

#Privacy #Spyware #Surveillance

Dark Wire

The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own tech start-up to wiretap the world, shows how cunning bot...

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