Serbia targets investigative journalists with Pegasus spyware: report

A super hack in 2020 shed light on the practices of Serbian drug criminals. However, major legal consequences were not forthcoming, partly due to the close ties with politics.

Serbia targets investigative journalists with Pegasus spyware: report

Amnesty International reported Thursday that the Serbian authorities employed Pegasus spyware against two investigative journalists in February 2025. Both journalists, from Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), have a research focus on state-sponsored corruption. Both Serbian journalists received a Viber text on February 14 from an unknown number. The message contained a link, which Amnesty Security Lab concluded was an attempt to insta…

Exactly 20 years ago, the daily newspaper Danas announced that the Supreme Court of Serbia refused to make public the information about the wiretapping of their journalist Vuk Cvijić from 2001, with the explanation that this information is considered a state secret.

Pegasus Spyware Caught Attempting Hacks Against Journalists

Amnesty International just shared a new report that detailed more about possible hacks against two leading journalists from Serbia. This was done through the spyware Pegasus that belongs to the NSO Group. The two journalists were members of the BIRN, which is Siberia’s Balkan-based investigative group. They got suspicious texts including links. Those who fell victim to the phishing attack would click on the link, assuming it was a safe environme…

Again and Again, NSO Group's Customers Keep Getting Their Spyware Operations Caught

An anonymous reader shares a report: Amnesty International published a new report this week detailing attempted hacks against two Serbian journalists, allegedly carried out with NSO Group's spyware Pegasus. The two journalists, who work for the Serbia-based Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), received suspicious text messages including a link -- basically a phishing attack, according to the nonprofit. In one case, Amnesty said its res…

Spyware attacks on BIRN Serbia journalists further deepen press freedom crisis - SafeJournalists

IPI and MFRR condemn confirmed spyware attacks against two journalists from Balkan Investigative Reporting Network The International Press Institute (IPI) joins partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in raising alarm about the deepening press freedom crisis in Serbia in the wake of revelations showing evidence of the abuse of advanced Pegasus spyware to target two journalists from leading investigative media platform BI…