The Citizen Lab today confirmed that three European journalists, including two Italians were targeted with Paragon’s Graphite mercenary spyware. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is calling on the governments concerned and the European Union to shed full light on these illegal spying operations which compromise democracy. On 1 February 2025, it was revealed that Italian journalist Francesco Cancellato, the editor-in-chief of Italian news outlet Fanpage, was among more than 90 individuals worldwide to have had their WhatsApp hacked using Graphite, a military-grade zero-click spyware sold by Israel-based Paragon Solutions. Citizen Lab researchers today said they found new evidence that two more … Continue reading Three European journalists targeted with Paragon Solutions spyware