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Paragon Solutions

Illustrative: A smart phone with a warning of a hacking attack. (iStock from Getty Images/ CarmenMurillo)
September 3, 2025, 8:12 pm
Trump administration reinstates contract with Israeli-founded spyware maker Paragon
Company’s software targets data backed up to the cloud; has come under scrutiny for targeting WhatsApp users and hacking phones of critics and journalists
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Icons of Facebook and WhatsApp are pictured on an iPhone. (AP/Martin Meissner)
June 9, 2025, 9:11 pm
Italy, Israeli spyware firm cut ties after Rome accused of hacking critics’ phones
Italian parliamentary committee says government used Paragon spyware with permission of prosecutors to counter illegal immigration, alleged terrorism, criminal activities
By Giuseppe Fonte and Alvise ARMELLINI
Italian Cabinet Minister Luca Ciriani, left back, speaks during Question Time in the Chamber of Deputies, in Rome, February 12, 2025. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
February 13, 2025, 2:45 pm
Italy denies spying on journalists, migrant activists using Israeli spyware
Rome says it will cooperate with probe into ‘vulnerabilities’ after at least 7 Italian cellphones apparently hacked with military-grade cyber surveillance tech Paragon
By Nicole Winfield and Paolo Santalucia
A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
January 31, 2025, 7:00 pm
WhatsApp says Israeli spyware company Paragon targeted scores of users
Company official says it sent cease-and-desist letter following hack; Israeli firm declines to respond to allegation
By Reuters
Illustrative: A person types on a laptop keyboard, June 19, 2017. (AP/Elise Amendola/File)
December 16, 2024, 10:01 pm
US private equity firm said to bid for Israeli spyware maker Paragon
Paragon’s Graphite phone-hacking software targets data backed up to the cloud; is deployed by government bodies in the US and Israel; firm is backed by former premier Ehud Barak
By Sharon Wrobel
Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, listens as the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2022. (Susan Walsh/AP)
December 31, 2022, 6:09 pm
US lawmakers demand info from DEA, FBI on use of Israeli spyware
Adam Schiff, Ron Wyden express concern over agencies’ use of remote hacking tools, say American public deserves details on the scope of their deployment
By ToI Staff
In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 file photo, police officers walk among packages of seized cocaine at the Pacific port of Buenaventura, Colombia, after about one ton of cocaine was seized in a container during an operation by counternarcotics police at the port. (AP/Fernando Vergara)
December 8, 2022, 8:42 pm
US anti-drug agency using Israeli spyware, but Biden looking to crack down — report
Paragon’s Graphite phone-hacking software targets data backed up to cloud; officials say it is only being used outside of United States against drug cartels
By ToI Staff
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