Apple and Android phones hacked by Italian spyware, says Google

Report claims Milan-based RCS Lab developed tools to spy on private messages and contacts of targeted devices

An Italian company's hacking tools were used to spy on Apple and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet Inc's Google said in a new report.

Milan-based RCS Lab, whose website claims European law enforcement agencies as clients, developed tools to spy on private messages and contacts of the targeted devices, the report said.