Press advocacy group urges Italy to investigate spyware attacks on journalists

Press advocacy group urges Italy to investigate spyware attacks on journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) alerted the public on Tuesday of a second case of spyware attack on a journalist and urged Italian authorities to investigate. CPJ’s Europe representative, Attila Mong, criticized the targeting of journalists and categorized it as “a pattern of surveillance aimed at intimidating and silencing investigative reporting”. Mong recognized these cases as a “chilling signal to journalists in Italy” and urged I…