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EU parliament member hit by Israeli Candiru spyware

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Re: EU parliament member hit by Israeli Candiru spyware

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Interesting that they named their company after the Amazonian fish that can supposedly swim up your penis and lodge itself inside

Seems to be a pattern in these circles - there's at least also Palantir, named after the crystal ball that corrupted Saruman in The Lord of the Rings.

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would be quite an affair, if there was evidence.

but the document only says that

> "freund was alerted by parliament that the link contained sypware likely made by the israeli company candiru, which was blacklisted by the u.s. government in 2021, according to an email from a parliament official seen by playbook."

usual he said, she said

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Sounds more like it missed. They sent him a link, and he was wise enough to not click on it.

Don’t we live in a world where zero click exploits are a thing? I thought the target didn’t have to click the links just receive them

not all of them are zero click :)

Re: EU parliament member hit by Israeli Candiru spyware

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Did they not write it?

Well, the title makes it sound like Israel deployed it (see other comments - at least a few people seems to have jumped to this conclusion), while it's software that has been purchased and deployed by many countries around the world.

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would be quite an affair, if there was evidence. but the document only says that > "freund was alerted by parliament that the link contained sypware likely made by the israeli company candiru, which was blacklisted by the u.s. government in 2021, according to an email from a parliament official seen by playbook." usual he said, she said

I don't see a she said? Being the devils advocate is fine, but if you have to invent your own she to say something, that's just bad faith isn't it?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

would be quite an affair, if there was evidence. but the document only says that > "freund was alerted by parliament that the link contained sypware likely made by the israeli company candiru, which was blacklisted by the u.s. government in 2021, according to an email from a parliament official seen by playbook." usual he said, she said

I don't see a she said? Being the devils advocate is fine, but if you have to invent your own she to say something, that's just bad faith isn't it?

"He said, she said" is a common phrase used in English when there are conflicting opinions with little fact. The gender is largely irrelevant. The phrase may also be applied in situations where the conflicting opinions don't come from individuals but instead from ungendered organizations!
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