CatalanGate: Spyware Against Catalans using Pegasus and Candiru - eviltoast
CatalanGate: Extensive Mercenary Spyware Operation against Catalans Using Pegasus and Candiru - The Citizen Lab
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The Citizen Lab, in collaboration with Catalan civil society groups, has identified at least 65 individuals targeted or infected with mercenary spyware, including members of the European Parliament, Catalan Presidents, legislators, jurists, and members of civil society organisations.

Explicació gràfica

https://catalonia.citizenlab.ca/

Key Findings

  • The Citizen Lab, in collaboration with Catalan civil society groups, has identified at least 65 individuals targeted or infected with mercenary spyware.
  • At least 63 were targeted or infected with Pegasus, and four others with Candiru. At least two were targeted or infected with both.
  • Victims included Members of the European Parliament, Catalan Presidents, legislators, jurists, and members of civil society organisations. Family members were also infected in some cases.
  • We identified evidence of HOMAGE, a previously-undisclosed iOS zero-click vulnerability used by NSO Group that was effective against some versions prior to 13.2.
  • The Citizen Lab is not conclusively attributing the operations to a specific entity, but strong circumstantial evidence suggests a nexus with Spanish authorities.
  • We shared a selection of Pegasus cases with Amnesty International’s Tech Lab, which independently validated our forensic methodology.