On Friday and 2:48 pm, Francesco Cancellato received an ominous notification in home near Milan.

"This is a message of WhatsApp," the message in Italian was obtained by TechCrunch. "In December, WhatsApp interrupted an activity of a spy software company, we think this attacks your device. Our survey shows that you may have received harmful files through WhatsApp, and spy software may cause access to your data, including saving to save your data, including saving, including preservation Message on the device ".

"We have changed to prevent this specific attack from happening again. However, due to spy software, the operating system of your device may be damaged." The news continued.

As WhatsApp said on Friday, Cancellato was the first goal after the hacking motion using spy software made by Paragon Solutions.

At that time, WhatsApp said that the spy movement was about 90 people, including reporters such as Cancellato and folk social members around the world, including Europe.

"I feel violated," Cancellato told TechCrunch. He said that at the beginning he thought this sentence was a scam or a joke. "You always think that reporters may be eavesdropped or monitored, but you can do more things from your paranoia and drive away the fact that you may be. When someone tells you that this is true, you tend to tend to Don't believe it, you always tend to think that this is another thing. "

Then he said he realized that it was true. "You ask yourself, why do you? I mean, what do you want?"

"This is the first question, the second question is what they got from me? Where did they go? What did they do to me? Once they entered my mobile phone, basically have my life, my holiday , My friendship, my family, and my bank password, there is everything-my job. "Cancellato said. "Then who did the third question?"

Cancellato is the director of FanPage.IT, a Italian news website, which is known for its corruption, organizing crimes, Catholic Church's investigation, and the Youth Wing of the Italian Right Wing Rule of Politament, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Regarding many parts of last year's investigation, the fan page sent reporters to secretly penetrate "Gioventùmeloniana". The organization is part of the Meeloni Fratelli D'iTalia Party. The party has ruled Italy since 2022. The survey showed the videos made by several party members and made a video of several party members. Raceists sang the Jewish and Blacks, chanting the scriptures and Nazi slogans, as well as Benito Mussolini to fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

Cancellato said he decided to make it public because as a reporter, his job was to report news. However, he said he didn't want to guess who was the person behind him. At this point, there are many unexplained problems. Including whether his mobile phone is indeed invaded by hackers or failed targeted, what is after hacker, and the person who ordered the attack.

WhatsApp said that hackers were carried out by the Israeli government spy software manufacturer Paragon Solutions. According to reports, the product sold products to monitor encrypted applications, such as WhatsApp and Signal, called Graphite, such as reported in 2021.

WhatsApp spokesman did not respond to a comment request and asked if the company could confirm that Cancellato was the goal.

The guardian quoted the people near the company and said that Paragon Solutions sold its products to 35 democratic government customers. Israeli News media YnetNews reported on Monday that Italy is a model customer.

Also on Monday, the Guardian reported that Husam El Gomati, headquartered in Sweden, was also notified by WhatsApp. EL GOMATI has been criticizing the relationship between Italy and Libya, especially the agreement between the two countries prevent immigrants from crossing the Mediterranean.

TechCrunch did not receive a reply with the email address of the Italian Government News Office and the head of the Meloni News Office through email and WhatsApp.

Paragon Solutions has cultivated reputation due to responsible monitoring technology suppliers. The company stated on its official website, "Provide moral tools, teams and insights to our customers to destroy stubborn threats."

A source of a Paragon solution that did not be named told the New Yorker last year that the company's transactions with US immigrants and customs law enforcement a few months before September were the results of the review process. The company said that the company showed that the company showed that the company showed that the company showed that It can prevent its technology from being used by other countries/regions. American, but there is no U.S. government

Paragon Solutions was acquired by the US private equity giant AE industrial partner in December 2024.

Paragon Solutions and AE Industrial did not respond to comment requests.

WhatsApp said to Cancellato's information that he could contact the University of Toronto's digital rights group Citizen Lab. The organization has been investigated and abused spy software exposed around the world for ten years, including Ethiopia, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia and Spain.

Cancellato said he and the fans had contacted the authorities, and he told TechCrunch that he "did a message asking me what to do."

Cancellato said: "In fact, it is strange that a reporter was monitored in Western democratic countries." He added that the target phone was his company's equipment, so "this is an attack on the fan page. This is not to me Attack "