On May 13, 2025, the Citizen Lab’s senior researcher John Scott-Railton testified before the European Union Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (‘LIBE committee’) to share findings from our recent report on the proliferation of Paragon spyware.
“When we look at the pie chart of [spyware] targeting to see who was targeted with this technology, the biggest slice of the pie, in every case I’ve ever looked at, has not been criminal investigative work, it has been governments targeting other governments for espionage,” stated Scott-Railton, “and at a time when Europe faces a time of existential threat at its borders, from highly technically sophisticated governments, this should raise a really deep concern.”