Spain’s Ombudsman opened an investigation into alleged spying on Catalan separatist leaders by the government between 2017 and 2020, Reuters reports. The Spanish National Intelligence Centre would also conduct its own investigation. The dual probes came as a result of the Canadian digital rights group Citizen Lab reporting more than 60 people tied to the Catalan separatist movement, including several European Parliament members, local politicians, lawyers and activists, were targeted with Pegasus spyware during the autonomous region’s failed independence bid.
Full Story