- summary
- Targets went public after WhatsApp's notifications and Citizen Lab confirmed Graphite infections. The parliamentary committee COPASIR (5 June 2025) confirmed intelligence use against Casarini and Caccia; the agencies suspended and then terminated the Paragon contract, and Paragon cut ties with Italy after the government declined an audit.
- country
- Italy
- date text
- 05/06/2025
- civic actions
- Public disclosure by targets; forensic confirmation; parliamentary scrutiny; press investigation.
- id
- CR-ITA-001
- incident id
- ITA-001
- notes
- Added Sep 25 2026. Response type: RT-DOC (+RT-PLT); counters TC-21; escalation stage 5; result: Partial — Graphite no longer used by Italian intelligence; surveillance of the NGO justified, no accountability. (06/2025).
- outcome
- Spyware contract terminated
- responders
- Targets Luca Casarini, Beppe Caccia, Francesco Cancellato and Ciro Pellegrino; Citizen Lab (forensics); COPASIR; Paragon
- source
- https://citizenlab.ca/research/a-first-look-at-paragons-proliferating-spyware-operations/; https://therecord.media/paragon-spyware-maker-cuts-ties-italy-government; https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/what-is-the-paragon-case-and-what-is-happening-AHhJrvBB
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