The Phones of the Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez and the Minister of Defense of Margarita Robbless were listened to with the PEGASUS program. According to the SVT publication, representatives of the country’s government stated this.
According to the investigation, data leaks from the premiere’s phone occurred twice in May last year, and the Minister of Defense in June.
“illegal listening of phones has been proved during the audit that continues so far and covers all members of the government. We report verified and reliable facts, not assumptions. These are very serious facts that demonstrate that the invasions took place outside the state institutions and outside the law, ”said Felix Bolanos, head of the administration of the Prime Minister of Spain.
The Spanish authorities call “foreign extremists” as the alleged customers of hacking.
Recall that the scandal around the Spy program of Pegasus erupted last summer, when as a result of a journalistic investigation it turned out that the authorities of countries that received PEGASUS abused the capabilities of software and monitored not only criminals and terrorists, but also journalists , human rights activists, public and political leaders, officials, large businessmen. Human rights organizations gained access to the list of numbers, for which surveillance was carried out – these are 50 thousand people from 50 countries, including Azerbaijan.