A bomb. This Monday, the Canadian citizens’ organization Citizen Lab condemned the actions of the Spanish government, which is said to have spied on dozens of Catalan separatists using the Pegasus spy software installed on their mobile phones.
In response, the Catalan separatists accused Madrid fromespionage based on Canadians of Citizen Lab report.
We have been massively and illegally spied on, thanks to software that only states can have. Politicians, lawyers and activists, all victims of the Spanish state’s dirty war, revealed the former President of the Generalitat (Catalan government), Carles Puigdemont while on the other side of the border we are already talking about a “CatalanGate”.
Hem estat espiats de manera massiva i il legal has través d’un programa que nomes poden hold els Estats. Politicians, lawyers and activists, victims of the guerra bruta de l’Estat espanyol per lluitar contra una idea legítima. #Catalan Goalhttps://t.co/GcnbCst2kh
— krls.eth / Carles Puigdemont (@KRLS) April 18, 2022
Explanations
According to the CitizenGate report cited by The New Yorker and El País, 65 separatists were spied on, including former presidents Quim Torra, Artur Mas, but also current president Pere Aragonès. Hacks that would have occurred between 2017 and 2020.
“The Spanish government must make statements immediately,” Pere Aragonès demanded on Twitter on Monday.
In 2021 thePegasus affair it has come to light. The software that made it possible to spy on several politicians, including the French President Emmanuel Macron.
In particular, once installed on a phone, Pegasus allows the hacker to access messages, data or even control the device remotely.