Posts | Drew Harwell (@drewharwell@mastodon.social)

"Graphite" software from Paragon, which has sold its high-end phone spyware to the U.S. government and holds itself out as more ethical than peers, has been found in the devices of Italian migrant rescuers close to the Pope, according to Citizen Lab and WhatsApp. Gift link: https://wapo.st/3Y2t8KK

The Washington Post

Report details spyware use against Italian activists and journalist

Paragon software was found to have infected WhatsApp accounts of figures critical of the Italian government’s policies toward migrants, a nonprofit said.

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