According to the WhatsApp notification received by a journalist, the Italian survey journalist, known for exposing young fascists within the far -right party of Georgia Meloni, is the target of spyware made by Israel -based paragon solutions. It was done.
Francescan Cerat, the editor -in -chief of the Italian Survey News Outlet Fan pageIt was the first person to move forward after Whatsapp announced on Friday that 90 journalists and other members of other civil society were targeted for Spyware.
The journalist said he received a notification from a message app on Friday afternoon, like dozens of other people whose identity was not yet known.
Meta's WhatsApp does not identify the target or its exact location, but states that it is based in more than 20 countries, including European countries.
WhatsApp discovered that PARAGON was targeting users in December and shut down the vector used to “compromise” individuals. Like other spyware makers, Paragon sells the use of spyware, known as graphite, to government agencies.
PARAGON's spyware was distributed to the targets arranged in group chat without a group chat, and is said to have sent malware via a group chat via PDF. Paragon creates a spyware without clicking. In other words, the user does not need to click the link or attached file to get infected, simply distributed it to the phone.
It is not clear how Cancellato was compromised. However, last year, the editor published a famous research story that revealed how the Meloni's far -right -wing members of the Youth Wing were engaged in fascist's chant, the Nazi salute, and the anti -Semitism rant.
Fanpage's secret reporter was not personally a cherrato, but has permeated groups and chatforams used by members of the national youth, the wing of the meloni brothers. Outlet Published clip He is a member of the young people who prite “DUE” and “SIEG HEIL”, a reference to Benite Mussolini, and boasts family connections with historical people related to the terrorism of Neo Facist. The story was released in May.
A 45 -year -old Cancellato said that his mobile device was infringed in December and there was no doubt that the authorities had never been investigated. He said that the news felt like a “violation.”
“We have launched device technical analysis to evaluate the actual range of this attack, actually collected or spy, and how long. If possible, we will be interested in our Guardian.
The meloni party faced criticism in Italy and Brussels after publishing the fan page. A spokeswoman of the European Commission at that time stated: “The viewpoint of the European Commission and President Ursla von del Reien on the symbolic of fascism is very clear. It is morally wrong.”
Victor Fadrun, President of the Roman Jewish community, called for “appropriate actions” after the fan page reported. “It is essential for society and system to strongly respond to hatred and discrimination in all forms,” he wrote in X.
At that time, the party of Italian brothers and party organizers, Jobanni Daunsis, said to his party that “racist, extremist, anti -Jews” was “there is no place.”
Paragon Solutions refused to comment.
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