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The Polish Senate formed a special commission to investigate the government's use of Pegasus Spyware in the 2019 election and concluded shenanigans took place that were against the law.

From the article: "The commission also concluded that the Polish government used Pegasus to retaliate against opposition figures, and that these surveillance operations negatively influenced the 2019 elections in the country. The commission compared these abuses with Russian government hacker activities in the 2016 elections in the United States.

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“It turns out that huge amounts of money,” Kamiński said, according to a machine translation, “are not spent in order to catch Russian agents, but in order to be interested in the life and views of Polish opposition politicians and influence the political process in Poland. This monstrous weapon was not used to protect citizens, but as our committee proved, it was used to persecute people who did not like the authorities.”

This is an excellent article as it highlights the use of Pegasus by autocratic regimes while NSO points to its use in Europe in a case of trying to whitewash the country saying that good guys use it.

It's spyware. Plain and simple. And you need to defend your equipment against it, especially if you're going to a country that's less than savory.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/08/polish-senate-says-use-of-government-spyware-is-illegal-in-the-country/