Stelios Kouloglou

Stelios Kouloglou, a former member of the European Parliament from Greece, has been identified as a target of Pegasus spyware. This revelation comes from an analysis by Citizen Lab, a research institute at the University of Toronto. Kouloglou was reportedly targeted with the sophisticated surveillance software while he was serving on a European Parliament committee specifically tasked with investigating the abuses of spyware, including Pegasus, within Europe. Although Citizen Lab could not definitively attribute the attacks to a specific government operator of the Pegasus spyware, the timing of the hacking is significant. It suggests that individuals involved in scrutinizing the use of such surveillance technologies may themselves have been subjected to them. This situation highlights ongoing concerns about the potential misuse of powerful spyware by state actors and its implications for democratic oversight and the privacy of lawmakers.