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submitted 17 hours ago by redti@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/63197390

found this on some telegram channel:

In February 2026, an employee of Paragon Solutions published a photograph on her LinkedIn profile depicting the operation of the Graphite spyware. The post has currently been deleted.

Reut Yamen holds the position of Chief Legal Counsel and Director of Compliance at the Israeli company Paragon Solutions, which specializes in cyber-surveillance technologies. The company was founded in 2019 by a group of former employees of Israeli intelligence services — among them Ehud Schneorson, former commander of Unit 8200 (Israel's equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency), as well as former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

The post was first noticed by technology researcher Yurre van Bergen, who tracks the use and proliferation of spyware worldwide.

The image apparently shows a demonstration interface of the Graphite system. An operator can view messages intercepted from a surveillance target in various services, including WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Line, and TikTok.

According to the results of a large-scale investigation conducted by The Citizen Lab in 2025, in 2024 in Italy, dozens of journalists and private individuals were attacked via the WhatsApp messenger using Graphite. A "zero-click" exploit (one that does not require user interaction) was used for this purpose.

Paragon Solutions has (or previously had) contracts with U.S. government agencies, in particular the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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[-] aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago

Thanks, this is what I was wondering. Glad it's not related to the OS.

[-] TootTootComingThru@lemmy.world -1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

So genuine question: if the person above didn't reply, would you have likely kept on wondering if there was a connection between those two and if not how long do you think it would be before you looked it up? Would you have?

[-] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

The sense of community is going to shit because people consistenly belittle other people for asking questions. They probably were capable of looking it up and spending 3-4 minutes reading to find an answer, but they felt asking furthered the conversation and allowed them to connect with someone that may have common interest.

[-] MBM@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Not to mention that there's no way only one person was confused by this

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