Poland's prosecutor general says previous government used spyware against hundreds of people

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Poland's prosecutor general says previous government used spyware against hundreds of people
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prosecutor general told the parliament on Wednesday that powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people during...

“It is sad for me that even in this room I am speaking to people who were victims of this system,” Bodnar told the Sejm, the lower house of parliament.

Pegasus, produced by Israeli company NSO Group, has been sold to governments and is described as a tool to fight criminals and terrorists. However, evidence has emerged that some governments have used it against political opponents, journalists and human rights workers. The minister currently in charge of the security services, Tomasz Siemoniak, said earlier this month in an interview on the private broadcaster TVN24 that while the use of Pegasus in Poland was “justified” in some cases of suspected terrorism and for counterintelligence use, in “too many cases” it wasn't justified.

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