Europe is Fucked
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How Europe became the Wild West of spyware
Forget the EU’s reputation as a global tech enforcer. For surveillance companies, it’s a place where anything goes.BRUSSELS — The spyware deployed against Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament, was made and marketed by a European company.
A link sent to Metsola as a reply to a post on X was designed to infect the device of anyone who clicked on it with Predator surveillance software.
Predator is produced and sold by the Intellexa alliance, a collection of surveillance technology firms controlled by a holding company based in Ireland, according to a report by Amnesty International, which uncovered the attempted hack. It allows an attacker to gain full access to victim devices, including microphones, cameras, text messages, and apps. Similar links were sent to the Commission’s official account and to the account of Emily Haber, the former German ambassador to the United States.
“We didn’t click on it, and we reported it immediately,” Metsola said. “My phone is clean.” She said she believed the hacking attempt was related to a fisheries dispute between the EU and Vietnam.