The Italian government denied that she used military technology for illegal spying and migrant activists, but she said she would work in the investigation into digital “vulnerabilities” after which of the Italian phones were allegedly hacked to help spyware.
The story was first published on January 31, when WhatsApp, the message of messaging, informed many people across the EU that their devices were targeted using software from Paragon Solutions, Israeli Cyber Technology Company.
In the announcement, whatsapp said he interrupted “spying campaign by paragon who targeted several users, including journalists and civil society members.”
After the Guardian’s newspapers reported the incident of hacking, the Italian government confirmed last Wednesday that at least seven Italian phones were involved and ordered the National Cyber Security Agency to conduct an investigation.
Talk to the lower Dom Parliament, Minister of the Luca Ciriani Cabinet confirmed that the Italian government has long had a contract with Paragon Solutions for intelligence collection technology, which can help fight terrorism and other threats of national security.
However, he insisted that the Privacy Act “strictly respected” and denied that the government used technology for illegal spying on journalists. He also threatened legal actions against any claims that oppose this statement.
“Nonetheless, it is in the court authorities to determine the source of alleged vulnerabilities,” he said, adding that the Italian intelligence services are “ready to provide full support.”
It was among the Italians who were targeted Luca Casarini, Leader Group for rescue Migrant Mediterranea Saving Humans, and Francesco Cancellato, editor of the News Fanpage website, both who criticized the government.
They confirmed in interviews on Wednesday that 31. January were notified by WhatsApp that their phones were infected with spyware.
The message received from WhatsApp suggested to contact the Citizen Lab, the Laboratory from the University of Toronto, which has already been a leader in discovering hackers that support state worldwide.
Cancellato said that he believed that he hacked hackers who wanted to see what research stories fanpage develops. The site previously published secret reports on the Youth Organization of Prime Minister Giorgie Melonia, the Party of Bratski Italians, in which journalists discovered neo-fascist behavior.
Casarini, on the other hand, leads a group for helping the people in the Mediterranean Sea. He had previously criticized the support of the Italian government to Libyan patrols on his coast to prevent the transition of migration ships across the sea.
(Vijesti.ba)
