Serbia - November 2023

Research by Amnesty International and civil society organizations confirmed that two pro-democracy activists and critics of the government were subjected to spyware ahead of the December elections. There is no confirmation that this is a government-perpetrated attack. Test results also signalled that the attacks are coherent with the Israeli cyber-intelligence NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The confirmation comes following notifications two civil society representatives received from Apple, indicating they were probable targets of state-sponsored spyware.

Sources: Euractiv, The Guardian, Beta, Amnesty International, Balkan Insight