The mission chief and founder of NGO
Mediterranea Saving Humans Luca Casarini on Thursday said he
will file a criminal complaint to prosecutors in Rome or Palermo
over the case of Paragon Solutions, whose military-grade hacking
software was allegedly used to spy on 90 people, including
Casarini.
"The legal team of Mediterranea Saving Humans is at work to
present a complain on this case.
"We will ask investigators to determine what happened and who
ordered to spy on my phone through the Paragon software", said
Casarini.
The NGO mission chief said the complaint will be filed to the
State Attorney's offices of Rome or Palermo, or both.
Mediterranea Saving Humans on Wednesday said it had received an
official communication from Meta, which manages the WhatsApp
chat service, informing Casarini that his cell phone "had been
violated in a high-level spyware operation, through the use of a
software described as among the most sophisticated in the
world".
In an exclusive report published on Thursday, The Guardian
newspaper said Paragon Solutions, whose military-grade hacking
software was allegedly used to target up to 90 individuals
including journalists and activists in two dozen countries, has
terminated its client relationship with Italy, quoting a person
familiar with the matter.
The decision to terminate the contract reportedly comes less
than a week after WhatsApp announced that Paragon's software was
also used to target people in Italy, including the
editor-in-chief of online newspaper Fanpage, Francesco
Cancellato, and Casarini.
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