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Setting spyware standards after the Pegasus scandal
In June 2023, following its investigation into Europe's spyware scandal, the European Ϸվ issued a final recommendation identifying country-specific shortcomings and proposing EU standards for the use of spyware. Proposed safeguards include judicial approval, proportionality requirements, independent oversight, notification duties, and data deletion. Member States embroiled in the spyware scandal are making progress – albeit uneven – towards meeting these standards. Greece has amended its ...
Collection of studies prepared by Policy Department C for the PEGA Committee
Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) was set up on 10 March 2022. Chaired by MEP Jeroen LENAERS, PEGA Committee investigated infringements and maladministration in application of EU law in relation to the use of Pegasus and equivalent spyware surveillance software. Spyware and other hacking techniques are critical threats to privacy, data protection and democracy in the EU. They serve oppressive agendas against journalists, political activists ...
Foreign interference and EU preparedness
Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, deepening political polarisation and widespread adoption of advanced technology, the EU faces the threat of foreign interference. Elections to the European Ϸվ and in many Member States emphasise the need to defend against foreign interference in a critical time for our democracies.
Enquête sur l’utilisation de Pegasus et de logiciels espions de surveillance équivalents
À la suite des révélations selon lesquelles plusieurs gouvernements de l’Union auraient utilisé le logiciel espion Pegasus contre des journalistes, des responsables politiques, des fonctionnaires et d’autres personnalités publiques, le Parlement européen a créé une commission d’enquête (PEGA) chargée d’enquêter sur l’utilisation de Pegasus et de logiciels espions de surveillance équivalents. Le Parlement devrait tenir un débat sur les conclusions de la commission PEGA et voter sur une recommandation ...
EU cyber sanctions: Moving beyond words
The EU recognises that cybersecurity and cyber-defence are critical for its prosperity, security and global ambitions. Offensive cyber-attacks by malicious actors show no sign of slowing down (not even during the coronavirus pandemic) and thus require concrete dissuasive measures. In July 2020, the EU Member States decided for the first time to use the 'teeth' rooted in the EU cyber-diplomacy framework and to 'bite cyber perpetrators back' by placing sanctions on them. This precedent has helped reinforce ...
Mass Surveillance - Part 1: Risks and opportunities raised by the current generation of network services and applications
This document identifies the risks of data breaches for users of publicly available Internet services such as email, social networks and cloud computing, and the possible impacts for them and the European Information Society. It presents the latest technology advances allowing the analysis of user data and their meta-data on a mass scale for surveillance reasons. It identifies technological and organisational measures and the key stakeholders for reducing the risks identified. Finally the study proposes ...
Cyber defence in the EU: Preparing for cyber warfare?
In recent years, cyber attacks on a serious scale have become a matter of concern to states, due to the threat they can pose to national security, but also a potential foreign policy and military tool to be added to existing options in their arsenals.
Cyber security in the European Union
Over the past few decades, the digital revolution has brought global connectivity to an entirely new level. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are crucial for virtually all modern services, both civilian and military. Convenient as it is, such growing reliance on ICT entails and increasing risk of cyber attacks. These attacks may target individuals, businesses, entire networks or even the critical infrastructure of one or more EU Member States.