Casarini says will file complaint on Paragon case

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 6 - The mission chief and founder of NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans Luca Casarini on Thursday said he will file a criminal complaint to prosecutors in Rome or Palermo over the case of Paragon Solutions, whose military-grade hacking software was allegedly used to spy on 90 people, including Casarini.
    "The legal team of Mediterranea Saving Humans is at work to present a complain on this case.
    "We will ask investigators to determine what happened and who ordered to spy on my phone through the Paragon software", said Casarini.
    The NGO mission chief said the complaint will be filed to the State Attorney's offices of Rome or Palermo, or both.
    Mediterranea Saving Humans on Wednesday said it had received an official communication from Meta, which manages the WhatsApp chat service, informing Casarini that his cell phone "had been violated in a high-level spyware operation, through the use of a software described as among the most sophisticated in the world".
    In an exclusive report published on Thursday, The Guardian newspaper said Paragon Solutions, whose military-grade hacking software was allegedly used to target up to 90 individuals including journalists and activists in two dozen countries, has terminated its client relationship with Italy, quoting a person familiar with the matter.
    The decision to terminate the contract reportedly comes less than a week after WhatsApp announced that Paragon's software was also used to target people in Italy, including the editor-in-chief of online newspaper Fanpage, Francesco Cancellato, and Casarini. (ANSA).