Researchers at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab have confirmed that a former Member of the European Parliament was repeatedly infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware while investigating the commercial surveillance tool's deployment.
The finding, documented in a new Citizen Lab report and covered by Security Affairs, highlights a recurring challenge in digital oversight: lawmakers tasked with scrutinizing spyware vendors have themselves become targets. According to the report, the former MEP was serving on a parliamentary committee examining the use of commercial surveillance technologies when the infections occurred.
Pegasus is a mobile intrusion platform developed by NSO Group, licensed to government agencies worldwide. The software has been the subject of repeated investigations by Citizen Lab and other research organizations, with documented use against journalists, activists, and political figures across multiple countries.
The report adds to ongoing scrutiny of the commercial spyware market within the European Union, where lawmakers have been debating stricter regulation and transparency requirements for the procurement and deployment of such surveillance capabilities.
多倫多大學 Citizen Lab 的研究人員證實，一名前歐洲議會議員在調查該商業監控工具的部署期間，多次遭 NSO Group 的 Pegasus 間諜軟件感染。
該發現詳載於 Citizen Lab 新發布的報告，並由 Security Affairs 報導，突顯數碼監管領域反覆出現的挑戰：負責監察間諜軟件供應商的立法者反而成為攻擊目標。報告指出，該名前歐洲議會議員在感染發生時，正於議會委員會任職，審查商業監控技術的使用情況。
Pegasus 是由 NSO Group 開發的流動入侵平台，獲授權予全球各地政府機構。該軟件是 Citizen Lab 及其他研究組織多次調查的對象，並有記錄顯示其曾於多個國家用於針對記者、社運人士及政治人物的監控行動。
該報告進一步加劇歐盟內部對商業間諜軟件市場的持續審查，歐盟立法者正就加強監管及透明度要求進行辯論，以規範此類監控能力的採購與部署。