Colombian Justice Minister Andres Idarraga
August 1, 2025
•[ spyware, Pegasus, surveillance ]
Colombias justice minister stated that forensic evidence indicates his phone was hacked using Israeli Pegasus spyware during the second half of 2025 while he was investigating alleged corruption in the military. He alleged the operation was ordered through the Defense Ministry using state counterintelligence structures and confidential funds. According to his statement, investigators found his phone was taken over more than 8,700 times and that 2.3 GB of data were downloaded, including sensitive corruption complaints, and that the camera/microphone were illicitly activated on numerous occasions. The incident is characterized as a targeted spyware intrusion against a senior government official with alleged state involvement.
Loïc Lawson and Anani Sossou
January 16, 2024
•[ spyware, surveillance, Pegasus ]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announces to have found traces of spyware resembling NSO groups Pegasus surveillance tool on the phones of two journalists in Togo (Loc Lawson and Anani Sossou).
