EU data watchdog calls for Pegasus spyware ban

EDPS says NSO Group's software is incompatible with our democratic values' and should be banned in bloc

The use of Pegasus spyware should be banned in the EU, the bloc's data watchdog has advised, as it is a gamechanger" offering unprecedented powers to intrude into targets' lives.

The European data protection supervisor (EDPS) said a prohibition was necessary as the software, developed by the Israeli NSO Group, was able to secretly turn a mobile phone into a surveillance device.