The Polish PiS government, which has now been voted out, is said to have spied on 578 people. The Public Prosecution Service accuses her of using the Israeli spy software Pegasus between 2017 and 2023. An investigative committee is currently investigating this (see video above).
The national-conservative PiS government, which was in power until December, may have been keeping an eye on political opponents. A corresponding report was published to parliament on Tuesday. The Pegasus software, which is said to have been used, takes advantage of security holes in smartphones to gain extensive access to data. Eavesdropping on conversations is also possible.
Pegasus was first reported in 2021. Around the world, authoritarian governments in particular had used the surveillance software extensively against opposition figures, media professionals and critics.
You can’t stop from within your own ranks
The PiS government is said to have spied on a total of 578 people. According to the Polish media, there are indications that leading politicians from their own ranks were not spared.
31 people believed to have been attacked are expected to testify for the prosecution. Among them is EU parliament member Krzysztof Brejza, who is part of Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s liberal-conservative citizens’ coalition. He was responsible for his party’s election campaign ahead of the 2019 general election.
In addition to Brejza, a prosecutor who had criticized judicial reforms and a prominent lawyer were also allegedly spied on. PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski rejected the accusations at the time.
Source: Krone
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