Tag: Hungary
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“Brussels farce”: Hungary’s justice minister rails against EU committee
A parliamentary EU committee investigated political persecution in Hungary using the “Pegasus” spyware. The government suspected a left-wing conspiracy and was apparently poorly informed about it. The rift between the EU and Hungary is deepening. On Monday, Justice Minister Judit…
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Pegasus and Predator investigations: Europol is not a European FBI
The EU Parliament’s committee of enquiry into Pegasus and other spy software is calling for Europol to investigate the scandal. However, there are reasons why the police agency’s powers are limited. While the EU Parliament is looking into the spyware…
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Europol is not investigating “Europe’s Watergate”
The EU Parliament is probing one of Europe’s biggest espionage scandals, but has little power to do so. Europol should investigate the misuse of “state trojan “Pegasus” in the EU, MEPs demand. However, this would only be possible with the…
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Resignations over “Predator” spyware scandal in Greece
The Greek secret service spied on at least one journalist, today its head resigned. In addition, the prime minister’s secretary-general quit his post. The affair reaches the EU level after a current MEP was also spied on. The Greek wiretapping…