Italy admits hacking activists with Israeli spyware Paragon

An Italian parliamentary committee has confirmed that the government used the Israeli-made spyware Graphite, developed by the offensive cyber company Paragon, to hack the smartphones of several activists working with migrants. However, the phone of a prominent investigative journalist known for criticizing the country's governing right-wing party was not hacked by Italian spy agencies, the final report by the committee said.

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