BRUSSELS — EU lawmakers voiced outrage Friday over a report that a former Greek MEP’s phone was hacked using the Israeli-created Pegasus spyware — while he was serving on a parliamentary inquiry into the surveillance tool.

The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab found that Stelios Kouloglou’s phone was infected with Pegasus in 2022 and 2023, while the left-wing lawmaker sat as a substitute on the European Parliament committee investigating the spyware’s use in Europe.

The researchers said they had “high confidence” in their findings but could not say who was behind the alleged espionage, while noting that Pegasus, developed by Israeli firm NSO Group, had been sold to several governments.

The report issued Friday sparked a wave of indignant reactions at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Belgian Green lawmaker Saskia Bricmont said she was “shocked,” urging the European Commission to “take binding measures to ban the illegal use of spyware in Europe.”

The Left group called for “strong measures” against spyware, arguing that little has been done in Europe to date, while the centrist Renew group said it was “very........

© The Times of Israel