'Pegasus is a tool of dictators,' says researcher from watchdog about Israeli software, adding that more cases are expected; warns it shows 'authoritarian slide' in Poland

Donald Tusk urges formation of parliamentary commission to probe reported use of Israeli-made spyware against opposition figures

The embattled company's tech exploits are 'pretty incredible' and 'pretty terrifying,' say security analysts; users are 'passive, don't have to click on anything, have no control'

Text messages stolen from Krzysztof Brejza were used in political campaign; he says hacking may have tipped 2019 elections

Citizen Lab group asserts that the Israeli spyware was placed on Hanan Elatr's phone while she was being interrogated at the Dubai Airport by UAE officials

Digital sleuths claim lawyer Roman Giertych's cellphone tapped in final weeks of 2019 election, prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek targeted in 2021 as she challenged gov't purge of judiciary

Investigation finds device belonging to Rona Wilson, a critic of Modi's government, was targeted with controversial Pegasus tech just before he was arrested on terror charges

Meta announces a flurry of takedowns of accounts affiliated with seven surveillance-for-hire firms that may have affected some 50,000 people in more than 100 countries

18 Democrats ask Treasury and State Department to freeze bank accounts of company executives amid claims they helped authoritarian regimes commit human rights abuses

The group behind the contentious spyware is reportedly at risk of defaulting on its debt, and is seeking an outside injection of capital and a business pivot to keep it afloat