Spyware found on phone of European Parliament member probing it

2026-07-04T02:51:53Z8cdc65736fa4c8aded095006f21019f691052ebfeab4d5a6069804c6f9386608
AI cybersecurity modelsAnthropicData Privacy FrameworkEuropean ParliamentMax SchremsNSOPegasusScattered SpiderUK National Cyber Action Plandata transferexport controlsextraditionnoybpolicy delayprivacyspyware

What happened

Multiple cybersecurity and policy developments: researchers say Stelios Kouloglou, a former member of the European Parliament committee probing commercial spyware, was twice infected with Pegasus while serving; the UK’s National Cyber Action Plan publication has been delayed amid a Labour leadership contest; privacy campaigner Max Schrems (noyb) plans to sue to invalidate the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, threatening transatlantic data transfers; a 19-year-old alleged member of ‘Scattered Spider’ has been extradited to the U.S. in connection with 2025 hacks; and the U.S. lifted export controls

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