https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=46461 Commercial spyware Graphite was used to target European journalists via a zero-click iMessage exploit, enabling covert access to device data; vendors patched the vulnerability and issued legal responses. Parliamentary oversight confirmed authorised surveillance of some civil-society actors on national-security grounds while denying unlawful targeting of a named journalist; the government and the vendor provide conflicting accounts of how their relationship ended. The incidents raise procurement and compliance concerns where vendors with government contracts supply intrusive surveillance capabilities that may be misused. en-us Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:01:03 +0530 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:01:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=46461 Commercial spyware Graphite was used to target European journalists via a zero-click iMessage exploit, enabling covert access to device data; vendors patched the vulnerability and issued legal responses. Parliamentary oversight confirmed authorised surveillance of some civil-society actors on national-security grounds while denying unlawful targeting of a named journalist; the government and the vendor provide conflicting accounts of how their relationship ended. The incidents raise procurement and compliance concerns where vendors with government contracts supply intrusive surveillance capabilities that may be misused. News - Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:01:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=46461