Spyware found on phone of European Parliament member probing it
2026-07-05T20:51:53Z•4bdbbbcedf182246538aa5c5820c07e0eb7310dde7ef75fcfe978ebd047a1ef0
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What happened
A batch of stories from The Record: researchers say Stelios Kouloglou, a former MEP on a committee probing commercial spyware, was infected twice with Pegasus while serving. The UK’s planned National Cyber Action Plan publication has been postponed amid a Labour leadership contest. Privacy campaigner Max Schrems warned he will sue to invalidate the EU–US Data Privacy Framework following a recent Supreme Court decision, threatening transatlantic data flows. A 19‑year‑old alleged member of the Scattered Spider hacking group was extradited to the US over 2025 breaches, and the US lifted export‑ch
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- 2026-07-05T20:51:53Z
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