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Paragon says it canceled contracts with Italy over government’s refusal to investigate spyware attack on journalist
The Italian government claims that accepting Paragon’s help would have compromised national security and classified information.
After TechCrunch contacted Paragon’s executive chairman John Fleming for comment, Emily Horne, who works for Westexec Advisors, responded saying the company is “referring all media queries” to the statements in the Haaretz article. The messaging app giant said it alerted around 90 users that they were targeted with spyware made by Paragon, a company co-founded by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (pictured). On the other hand, COPASIR concluded that there was no evidence of surveillance against Mattia Ferrari, a priest who works on the rescue ship of Mediterranea Saving Humans, who also received a notification from WhatsApp.
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