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Pegasus Spyware Infection Confirmed on Serbian University Rector's iPhone Days Before Election

Citizen Lab confirmed Pegasus on a Serbian university rector's iPhone and flagged likely spyware targeting of a prosecutor ahead of elections.

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The iPhone of Vladan Đokić, rector of the University of Belgrade and a prominent supporter of Serbia's student protest movement, was infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware in 2026, the Citizen Lab said on October 19. The finding came six days before Serbia's October 25 snap parliamentary election.

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