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Italian prosecutors confirm journalist was hacked with Paragon spyware

  • Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai--TechCrunch
  • published date: 2026-03-05 20:32:57 UTC

Italian authorities are making progress in their investigation into a wide-ranging spyware scandal in Italy involving Paragon spyware. But the mystery of who hacked two Italian journalists with Paragon spyware continues.

Italian authorities confirmed that a journalist who was alerted by WhatsApp last year of a suspected spyware attack on his phone was indeed hacked.  In a press release sent to journalists on Thursda… [+5040 chars]