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A second cyberattack struck Kouloglou's phone between March 6 and March 7, 2023, coinciding with final report drafts and his travel from Athens to Brussels.
Citizen Lab noted that this represents the first documented case of a Pega committee member being compromised by the very technology they were tasked to investigate.
John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at Citizen Lab, emphasized that institutional inaction has left European lawmakers exposed to ongoing digital threats.
"This case is the ultimate irony of Europe's spyware crisis. Someone on the very committee tasked with investigating Pegasus gets infected by it.
And what has happened since? The parliament looks the other way when new European spyware abuses emerge."
"I can tell you how the next chapter will go: more hacked parliamentarians.
In fact, I suspect there are members voting and attending high-level meetings with no idea that their phone has been turned into a spy in their pocket."
Technical analysis revealed the operator utilized a distinct Apple ID email across the attacks, indicating a single government client with operational licenses covering both Belgium and Greece.
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Researchers revealed NSO Group spyware targeted Greek MEP Stelios Kouloglou during his investigation into European surveillance abuses.
