Mediterranea Saving Humans, an Italian nonprofit focused on rescuing immigrants at sea, revealed that its founder Luca Casarini was targeted in a spyware campaign linked to the Israeli firm Paragon Solutions. This follows WhatsApp's disruption of espionage against 90 individuals, primarily journalists and activists critical of the Italian government. Casarini joins other targeted figures, including journalist Francesco Cancellato and activist Husam El Gomati, signifying a troubling trend of surveillance against those opposing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's far-right administration. The press release emphasized concerns about the Italian secret services monitoring rescue operations and advocacy for displaced individuals.
The activities of rescue at sea and assistance to people imprisoned in Libyan camps or deported to the desert are the focus of attention of the Italian secret services, in particular the AISE, which operates in Libya and Tunisia.
WhatsApp notified its founder Luca Casarini last week that he had been targeted with spyware made by Paragon Solutions, an Israeli surveillance tech startup.
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