Paragon says it has canceled contracts with Italy because the government’s refusal to investigate the spyware attack on the journalist

Paragupe’s spyware maker accused the Italian government of refusing to help her investigate whether the journalist had spying with its technology, according to Monday.

In the statement I informed Haritz for the first timeParaguce claimed that this refusal prompted the company to reduce relations with its Italian government agents.

“The company offered the Italian government and parliament a way to determine whether its system has been used against a journalist in violation of Italian law and contractual conditions,” the statement was read. “When the Italian authorities chose not to follow up on this solution, Paraguce ended its contracts in Italy.”

Paraguce confirmed to Techcrunch that the statement was accurate. After calling Techcrunch, the CEO of Paragon John Fleming replied for the comment, Emily Horn, who works for Westexec Adviss, answered, saying that the company “refers all media inquiries” to the data received in the Haaretz article.

This is the first time that the spyware provider publicly mentioned that he cuts relations with a specific customer after reports of ill -treatment.

The accusation of the spyware maker is the latest development in a scandal that broke out in January, when WhatsApp It revealed a huge campaign Targeting its users. The correspondent applications giant said that it warned about 90 users that they were targeting the spyware carried out by Paraguce, a company that was established by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (in the picture). Paraguce, Who has a contract With the enforcement of immigration and customs in the United States, it markets itself in the United States and Europe as a more responsibility seller compared to its ancestors in this industry.

Francesco CNCELlato, director of the news site. Was the first person to say he received whatsApp notificationHe is the journalist who Paraguce referred to in the statement.

Parajon’s statement is a response to a report It was published last week by an Italian parliamentary committee known as COPASIR, which achieved the country’s spyware scandal. The committee concluded that there was no evidence that CNCELlato was a target of intelligence agents in Italy, AISI and AISE, which confirmed Paragon agents.

Hours after Haaretz published a Paragon statement, the Italian government rejected Paragon’s comments, saying that the decision to comment first and then ending the contract with Paragon was mutual, according to sources whose name was not determined Transferred by Italian news Ansa Ansa.

She also quoted the sources as saying that the information department on security (BThe Italian government, which oversees AISE and AISI, rejected Paragon help to verify the records of the graphite spyware systems in the agencies because doing this would have exposed secret data to a private foreign company and national security at risk. Allowing aid to assistance in Paraguce would weaken the reputation of Italian intelligence agencies among their international peers.

Copasir and the Italian government, headed by Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, did not respond to the requests of Techcrunch to comment.

CNCELlato responded to Parajon’s statement In a video posted on the fan page. “Who is lying in this story? Copasir or Paragon?” He said.

“To find out, all we have to do is to ask Paraguce to tell us officially who spied on the page of the fans. They said they can know that? We want to tell us once and forever,” said Cancellato.

In late April, fan correspondent Sero Pellegrino He said he received a notification from Apple He was targeting government spyware. Copasir did not mention the Pellegrino case.

On the other hand, Copasir stressed that other spyware victims were legally targeted, including Luca Casarini and BEPPE CACCIAThose who work for Italian non -profit organizations The Mediterranean Sea Save humansThat saves immigrants who are trying to cross the Mediterranean, and David YambioPresident and co -founder of Refugees in LibyaAn active non -governmental organization in Italy.

Copasier said that all of them were legally investigated in their alleged illegal immigration activities.

On the other hand, Copasir concluded that there is no evidence of monitoring against Mattia FerrariA priest on board a human rescue vessel that saves humans, who also received notification from WhatsApp.

in Statement to Ansa On Monday, Cobasir said he was ready to classify the contents of the session she held with Paragon representatives on April 9 to defend her work in the investigation. The statement said that Cobasir was surprised by Paraguce.