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Poland arrests former spy chief in Pegasus spyware probe
The former head of Poland’s internal security agency Piotr Pogonowski was forced to appear in front of a parliamentary committee investigating the alleged abuse of Pegasus spyware in the country.
On Monday, the former head of Poland’s internal security agency Piotr Pogonowski was arrested and forcibly taken to testify before parliament, as part of the current government’s probe into the alleged spyware abuse carried out in recent years under the previous administration of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, per the Financial Times. From a non-work device, you can contact Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, or via Telegram and Keybase @lorenzofb, or email. In 2021, Citizen Lab and Amnesty International concluded that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used against three critics of the previous Polish government, including a senator who was allegedly hacked dozens of times ahead of the 2019 parliamentary elections.
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