Spyware politics 2022
JOHN SAEKI
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Source : Citizen Lab/National media/DigitalReach/Wired
Spyware politics 2022
Spanish
intelligence
Israeli police
Unkown; suspected
foreign entity
Government
accused; denied
by government
Unkown or
undisclosed
Major global reports on use of spyware involving government, officials, opposition figures, activists and journalists for suspected political reasons
Unkown or
undisclosed
Mexican army
Polish government;
denied by government
Mexican journalists, and a
human rights activist
Polish opposition
figures
Greek Socialist
opposition party leader
Nikos Androulakis
Thai democracy
activists, academics,
lawyers, NGO workers
Spain PM Pedro Sanchez
and Defence Minister
Margarita Robles
Catalan separatist figures,
including elected officials
Senior Israeli government
officials; anti-Netanyahu
activists
Phones belonging
to Finish diplomats
October
September
August
July
May
April
February
January
Pegasus by Israeli firm
NSO, in all cases listed
except in Greece where
malware called Predator,
developed by North
Macedonian firm Cytrox,
was deployed
Spyware used:
Alleged perpetrators
Month of report
