The iPhone of a prominent Russian journalist whose news outlet has effectively been outlawed by President Vladimir Putin was infected with Pegasus spyware this year, researchers say, in the first known case of the powerful eavesdropping tool being used against a significant Russian target.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
In a first, spyware is found on phone of prominent Russian journalist
Unclear is who planted the spyware while the founder of the Meduza news outlet was in Germany
By Tim Starks
Updated September 13, 2023 at 4:21 p.m. EDT|Published September 13, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. EDT