The point: An EU Parliament member investigating Pegasus abuse was himself infected with the same spyware.
An EU Member of Parliament who served on a committee investigating spyware abuse was himself repeatedly infected with Pegasus. Citizen Lab documents the compromise through forensic analysis.
According to findings from Citizen Lab, the mobile device of Stelios Kouloglou, a former member of the European Parliament, was repeatedly hacked with Pegasus spyware. Kouloglou was a member of a committee tasked with investigating the misuse of commercial surveillance technologies in the EU at the time of the infections.
Forensic analysis of the affected device by Citizen Lab proves that the attackers had extensive access capabilities. This raises questions about who was behind the infections and what information may have been exfiltrated — particularly given Kouloglou’s work on the Pegasus investigation.
This case demonstrates the practical threat posed by commercial spyware tools to high-ranking government officials and underscores the challenges in defending against targeted surveillance technologies. For CISOs, the incident emphasizes the need for elevated security measures for political decision-makers and the inadequacy of purely technical defense mechanisms against state-disguised threats.
Source: thehackernews.com · Published 3 July 2026
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