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Researchers confirm two journalists were hacked with Paragon spyware
The confirmation of two hacked victims further deepens an ongoing spyware scandal that, for now, appears largely focused on the Italian government.
Referring to an email TechCrunch sent to Paragon and its executive chairman John Fleming, Emily Horne, who works for WestExec Advisors, said the spyware maker “won’t have anything new on this,” apart from what the company said earlier this week. Apart from Pellegrino and the unnamed journalists, two other people have so far been confirmed to have been targeted with Paragon’s spyware: Luca Casarini and Beppe Caccia, who both work for the Italian non-profit Mediterranea Saving Humans, which rescues immigrants who try to cross the Mediterranean Sea. David Yambio, a Sudanese citizen and president and co-founder of Refugees in Libya, a non-profit organization active in Italy that works on immigration issues, received a notification from Apple.
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