EU politician investigating spyware industry hacked with NSO Group's Pegasus while serving on oversight committee

Greek MEP Stelios Kouloglou, who sat on the European Parliament's committee investigating Pegasus and equivalent spyware, had his phone compromised by a government client of NSO Group during his tenure. The hack, confirmed by forensic analysis from Access Now and Citizen Lab, underscores the conflict of inherent in states both regulating and deploying mercenary spyware. NSO Group has not commented on the specific targeting.