Pegasus hack of the EU’s own spyware investigator sparks calls for urgent action
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When an EU spyware investigator is hacked with Pegasus, it underlines that even oversight bodies aren’t insulated from commercial-grade surveillance. If your organization touches policy, regulation, or sensitive IP, treat mobile device security and zero-trust comms as board-level infrastructure, not IT hygiene.
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