CatalanGate Extensive Mercenary Spyware Operation against Catalans Using Pegasus and Candiru

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  1. This operation targeting high ranking pro-independence Catalan leaders would make it the biggest illegal spy-op in Europe’s history, and among some of the biggest confirmed initiatives in the world. As per the article:

    >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.

    Edit: A Newyorker article [has also been posted](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/25/how-democracies-spy-on-their-citizens?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned) on this issue.

  2. Thats what you get for never sufficiently eliminating the fascist rot within the state structure after franco

  3. Wasn’t that already obvious? I think I saw that happen in 2014. The phone of a high ranking independence movement member just blew up with fake phone calls every 30 seconds. That’s when I knew I never wanted to get in trouble in Spain

  4. >The Citizen Lab is not conclusively attributing the operations to a specific entity, but strong circumstantial evidence suggests a nexus with Spanish authorities.

    Is that what [Elies Campo](https://twitter.com/elies) thinks? The independentist who is the brain behind this false flag operation thinks this?

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