In July 2021, an international consortium of journalists published an in-depth investigation revealing how a range of autocratic states, such as Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Rwanda and Morocco, used the Israeli Pegasus spyware to snoop on politicians, correspondents and human rights activists. The only EU country known to have utilized the software was Hungary.
Now, half a year later, details are emerging that suggest Poland’s incumbent government, led by the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, may be mired in a Pegasus scandal of its own. Krzysztof Brejza, a leading lawmaker with the opposition Civic Platform (PO), said in late December 2021 that his smartphone had been hacked 33 times between April and October 2019.
During this time, Brejza directed his party’s election team ahead of the parliamentary polls on October 13, 2019. During this period, Polish public broadcaster TVP accused Brejza of waging a vitriolic campaign against his political enemies, citing fake emails to back up the claim. Brejza said he thinks the timing of the accusation was “no coincidence.”
— source dw.com | Jacek Lepiarz | 05.01.2022