Requiring the members of the European Parliament to investigate the losses of their cell phones in terms of spyware

– International news – Tasnim News Agency According to Germany’s “NTV”, for some members of the European Union Parliament, during the war in Ukraine, this issue Not surprisingly, their smartphones may be tapped as spyware is apparently on the rise. This warning is primarily related to the members of the Security and Defense Subcommittee of the European Parliament.

For this reason, the members of the European Parliament in the Security and Defense Subcommittee have been asked to scan their cell phones for spyware. Review. The European Parliament announced that traces of espionage found in two devices need this special attention. According to the internal email of the IT department of the European Parliament, which was provided to the German news agency in Brussels, to the members. And the employees of this committee are strongly advised to check their cell phones for the installation of spy software. According to the information of the German news agency, one of the cell phones targeted for spying belongs to a member of the European Parliament. Is. Portal “Politico” previously reported about this.

This sub-committee, which is being investigated in this regard, also includes members such as Ozlem Demirrial, a representative of Germany from the left, Maximilian Kera, a politician of the extreme Alternative for Germany and Hana Neumann are among the greens.

Demirel said about this: The issue of weapons upgrade and war are times in which liberal democracy and civil liberties are attacked. He added: In such cases, espionage also spreads from all sides, apparently emails are hacked and phones are tapped. He emphasized that he allows his mobile phone to be checked in this regard. “Hannah Neumann”, a politician of the Green Party of the European Parliament, did not find this surprising and emphasized that even if the final confirmation in this pending, the use of spyware is increasingly becoming a security risk in Europe. He stressed that he regularly checks his phone and did so again after the incident. According to him, unfortunately, not all colleagues have this knowledge yet. and FIFA to suspend Israel