More than a dozen Serbians targeted with mercenary spyware
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How it spread - 23 original reports
Wed, 2 September 2026
3 reports- Le Monde (France)15:00first to report
Une douzaine de personnes, dont un parlementaire et des étudiants participant au mouvement de protestation contre le pouvoir, ont reçu une notification suggérant qu’elles avaient été visées par le mouchard.
- Index.hr (Croatia)16:21
NAJMANJE 14 aktivista i političara u Srbiji bilo je meta špijunskog softvera poput Pegasusa uoči lokalnih izbora. Napadi su otkriveni u kolovozu, a ciljali su studente i oporbu.
- N1 Info (Croatia)16:38
Najmanje 14 osoba iz civilnog društva diljem Srbije bilo je na meti naprednog špijunskog softvera uoči lokalnih izbora u ožujku, objavila je u srijedu
Thu, 3 September 2026
6 reports- 24sata (Croatia)09:15
Analiza je pokazala da je najmanje jedan uređaj bio zaražen zloglasnim špijunskim softverom Pegasus, koji proizvodi izraelska tvrtka NSO Group...
- Japan Times11:37
The incident offers a window into the use of powerful and invasive spyware aimed at students and political opposition members amid contentious elections.
- Balkan Insight15:54
Serbia's intelligence agency and President Aleksandar Vucic dismiss claims that student activists and government critics have been targeted with spyware attacks, calling the allegation 'trivial sensationalism'.
- The Guardian World17:48
Student protesters among those hacked, says digital rights group, though Aleksandar Vučić’s government denies spying At least 14 people from across Serbian civil society were targeted with advanced spyware earlier this year in what the digital rights group Share Foundation said was the largest documented wave of such infection in Serbia to date. The wave of spyware infections was discovered in August after Apple notified people in 110 countries that they had probably been victims of...
- Index.hr (Croatia)18:44
NAJMANJE 14 osoba iz civilnog društva u Srbiji, uključujući studente, bilo je na meti špijunskog softvera Pegasus. Vlada negira optužbe, a napadi su se dogodili uoči izbora.
- iRozhlas (Czechia)19:12
Srbští studenti zapojení do protivládních protestů a opoziční politici podle středeční zprávy nadace Share čelili kyberšpionáži, píše server Bloomberg. Proti studentům měl být s vysokou pravděpodobností nasazen i izraelský Pegasus, a to před komunálními volbami v březnu. Srbský prezident tvrzení popřel. Po jeho červnovém oznámení o rezignaci Srbové stále čekají na termín předčasných voleb, ve kterých studentské hnutí poprvé bude mít kandidáty.
Fri, 4 September 2026
1 report- tportal (Croatia)15:12
Najmanje 14 osoba iz različitih dijelova srpskog civilnog društva bilo je početkom ove godine na meti naprednog špijunskog softvera. Zaklada za digitalna prava SHARE ocijenila je da je riječ o najvećem dosad dokumentiranom valu takvih napada u Srbiji
Mon, 7 September 2026
1 report- Balkan Insight05:50
Forensic investigations have uncovered Serbia’s largest documented wave of spyware targeting, with student activists and opposition figures among the victims ahead of a high-stakes election - the latest example of the authorities’ hostile use of surveillance technology.
Fri, 11 September 2026
1 report- Slobodna Dalmacija (Croatia)14:05
Nadzor telefona, praćenje, tajno snimanje i medijsko objavljivanje privatnih podataka, prema pisanju srpskog magazina Radar, nisu samo sredstva za praćenje pojedinaca. Njihova je šira svrha, tvrde sugovornici tog medija, kompromitirati protivnike vlasti, zastrašiti određene društvene skupine i na kr...
Thu, 24 September 2026
1 report- Balkan Insight06:01
A month away from elections, Serbian authorities show no sign of investigating credible allegations that student protesters, politicians and activists have been targeted with spyware.
Fri, 25 September 2026
1 report- Balkan Insight13:22
Tech concerns mount over elections in Serbia, spy chief’s arrest tests Albania’s NATO ties, protests over court verdicts continue in Kosovo and North Macedonia mulls impact of dangerous virus, our selection of Balkan Insight’s Premium stories this week shows.
Mon, 28 September 2026
1 report- Anadolu Agency (AA)14:40
Stelios Kouloglou says forensic analysis found phone infected while he served on European Parliament spyware inquiry
Tue, 6 October 2026
1 report- Balkan Insight11:36
Lawyers for one of 14 people targeted by Pegasus spyware file criminal complaint against Serbian intelligence agency officials, police and the Israeli company behind the surveillance technology after institutions fail to react.
Mon, 19 October 2026
6 reports- Politico Europe10:29
The revelations come amid mounting controversy over plans to redevelop the former Yugoslav military headquarters in Belgrade into a new luxury Trump Tower.
- winnipegfreepress.com12:00
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Spyware from an Israeli company was used to target the phone of the rector of the Belgrade university who has played a prominent role in nearly two years of protests against Serbia
- tportal (Croatia)15:30
Novi nalazi udruženja Citizen Lab i zaklade SHARE otkrili su da se represivni nadzor u Srbiji s novinara i aktivista proširio na pravosuđe i akademsku zajednicu. Među novim metama naprednog izraelskog špijunskog softvera našli su se Rade Bajić tužitelj koji je istraživao korupciju oko nekadašnjeg Generalštaba JNA, te Vladan Đokić, rektor Sveučilišta u Beogradu
- Balkan Insight16:03
Six days before crucial Serbian parliamentary elections, digital rights investigators report with “high confidence” that two prominent figures connected to the anti-government protest movement were targeted by spyware.
- Index.hr (Croatia)16:35
SRPSKI tužitelj Rade Bajić, koji istražuje moguću korupciju oko Trumpovog projekta u Beogradu, na meti je špijunskog softvera Pegasus. Ovo je dio šire afere nadzora u Srbiji.
- Vecernji list (Croatia)17:22
"Nije slučajno da su ljudi koji se suprotstavljaju korupciji i zauzimaju za slobodu iznova hakirani proizvodima tvrtke NSO", naglasio je John Scott-Railton, viši istraživač u Citizen Labu
Tue, 20 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World09:00
Apparent attempt to hack Rade Bajić’s iPhone comes amid efforts to undermine landmark criminal case A Serbian prosecutor who investigated the authorities’ allegedly illegal scheme to help the Trumps build a tower in Belgrade has been targeted with advanced spyware, expert analysis indicates. The finding suggests a disturbing new element in the authoritarian Serbian regime’s campaign to undermine what is believed to be the first criminal case related to global moneymaking drive of the US...