Complaint alleges Pegasus infections during European Parliament spyware inquiry

Verified facts: The supplied report says Greek journalist and former European Parliament member Stelios Kouloglou filed a criminal complaint with the Athens prosecutor’s office against officials at Israeli spyware maker NSO Group. It says Kouloglou alleges that his phone was infected with Pegasus while he was a substitute member of the European Parliament committee investigating Pegasus, Predator and similar spyware. The report attributes the filing report to Anadolu and says Greek public broadcaster ERT reported that the complaint was submitted to the Athens prosecutor’s office. It further says Kouloglou reported that a forensic examination by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab identified infections around October 21, 2022, and March 6 and 7, 2023. The complaint seeks an investigation into alleged communications-privacy breaches, unauthorized data access and personal-data-law violations. Kouloglou and his lawyer, Zacharias Kesses, made statements after the filing, according to the report.

Interpretation: The reported overlap between the alleged infection dates and significant phases of the parliamentary committee’s work could be viewed as raising questions about whether the surveillance was connected to Kouloglou’s political or investigative activities. However, the supplied evidence does not establish who carried out the alleged surveillance, who may have authorized it, whether NSO Group itself operated the spyware, or whether the timing was causal rather than coincidental.

Uncertainty: The allegations remain subject to investigation. The evidence provided does not include the forensic report, technical indicators, a response from NSO Group or the Greek authorities, or independent confirmation beyond the attributions described above. The supplied material also does not identify the publication outlet collecting the report, so no additional publication-source attribution can be made.