The case of the paragon spyware is being broadened, the spy risks to be much more

The Paragon case does not stop. The report published by the Citizen LabThe team of the University of Toronto that has performed forensic analysis on the smartphones of the activist Luca Casariniof the journalist and director of Fanpage, Francesco Cancellato And on others spying by the grave software produced by Israeli society, he throws new shadows over what a real case of espionage for political purposes could prove to be.

The spied on the Paragon software can be much more

The researchers speak openly about ‘A worrying model that focuses on groups for human rights, critics of the government and journalists“But the alarming detection is that the victims of these irregular operations can be much more than 90 (7 of them) that have been established to date.

According to the Citizen Lab, in fact, The cases that emerged would only be that were registered by WhatsAppBut it is not excluded that the spyware has also used Other carriers to enter the phones of other topics that may not be aware of the infection of their terminals. “Although the mercenary pyware has been taken over for a primary goal, such as the research into organized criminal groups – Read the report – Experience shows that over time the temptation to use these powerful technologies for political purposes is strong“.

Mediterranean Sea: “We send the report to the public prosecutors and the International Criminal Court“

The document published by the Toronto team was immediately re -launched by the Mediterranean NGO, who besides Luca Casarini at least two other activists spied with Graphite Software, the owner Beppe Caccia and the parish priest mafia boss Mattia FerrariChaplain aboard the Mar Ionian humanitarian ship. The report of the Citizen Lab, in the part in which he is confronted with the cases of Italians canceled, Casarini and Caccia, explains that Bigpretzel, a tool “in the study” was used “of which we believe it identifies infections in a unique way with the graphite pyware of Mate. We have analyzed the devices of the three. Based on the notification received by WhatsApp, we believe that everyone is the target of the Spyware Paragon“.

There is also a priest under the spy of the Paragon case

The espionage story in which refugees, activists, the director of Fanpage and now also Don Mattia Ferrari, the on -board Chaplain or Mediterranea Reding Humans are still expanding

Mediterranean Sea will also be the relationship with those who investigate the case. “There are tests – reads a comment from the organization – of the presence of ParagografietUsed by the secret services on the phones of our activists. We will deliver everything to the 5 Procure (Palermo, Naples, Bologna, Venice and Rome) who investigate, and to the president of the European Parliament Roberta Mesola. We will also send the report to the International Criminal CourtBecause there is the Libyan situation behind this case and the relationship between secret services. Large private groups that handle oil and weapons, and militias that manage power in that country may have played a role. We repeat our public complaint about espionage activities against human rights activists, political opponents and journalists. These are methods for police state, and the fact that the Italian government hides behind state secret instead of making public what it knows, throws a shadow over the state of democracy in our country“.

The Paragon case is a state secret. Fratoianni to Wired: “I also spied and other MPs?”

The spy story that politics agites is getting bigger. The Mediterranean NGO publishes an analysis of the Citizen Lab of Toronto, in which Luca Casarini was said from February 2024. The leader of the Italian links: “I met him several times and I was there for dinner, was there who had recorded everything?”

The company in the eye of the Cycloon reduces the story with a poor press release signed by John Flemingexecutive president of the company, sent to the team of The Citizen Lab. According to the manager of Paragon In the report published by the University of Toronto there would be “”countless inaccuracies“, But adds the manager,”We cannot be more specific or give comments without further details“.

And also Amnesty International announces that spy people can be much more: “An independent study conducted by the Amnesty International Security Lab – Read a press release – In the past six months, the further cases of clear use of spyware have identified against other activists involved at sea in Italy. Research in the course of civil society will almost certainly reveal new things. What we see is just the tip of the iceberg“.

Copasir Moves: Listen to the top management of the services and two representatives of Meta

In the meantime, CopasirThe Commission for Information on the Security of the Republic, He listened to two Meta representatives. It was precisely the warnings by the company of Mark Zuckerberg Via WhatsApp to make people discover that they have a “zero click” Spy software in their phones. It must be reminded that the Graphite software, which offers the Paragon solution of the company’s government equipment from Western countries, has hidden access to the sensitive data about the smartphones of spieding people.