The firm has been subject to export limits by the U.S. NSO’s Pegasus spyware has been used around the world to break into the phones and computers of human rights activists, journalists and even Catholic clergy. Most of its members were imprisoned or fled the country, including ex regional president Carles Puigdemont. The former Catalan Cabinet that pushed ahead with an illegal referendum on independence was sacked.
NSO said the allegation “could not be related to NSO products.” Candiru couldn't be reached for comment by The Associated Press.Īlmost all of the incidents occurred between 20, when efforts to carve out an independent state in northeastern Spain led to the country's deepest political crisis in decades. MADRID (AP) - The phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain's northeastern Catalonia, including the regional chief and other elected officials, were hacked with controversial spyware available only to governments, a cybersecurity rights group said Monday.Ĭitizen Lab, a research group affiliated with the University of Toronto, said a large-scale investigation it had conducted in collaboration with Catalan civil society groups found that at least 65 individuals were targeted or their devices infected with what it calls “mercenary spyware” sold by two Israeli companies, NSO Group and Candiru. The phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain's northeastern Catalonia, including the regional chief and other elected officials, were hacked with controversial spyware available only to governments, a cybersecurity rights nonprofit said Monday April 18, 2022. Comments FILE - Former deputy president of the Catalan regional government Oriol Junqueras, centre, walks with the current Catalonian president Pere Aragones, 2nd left, in front of an "estelada" or Catalan pro-independence flag after being released from the Lledoners prison in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada near Barcelona, Spain, June 23, 2021.
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