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Graphite (Paragon spyware)

Incidents implicated systems

Incident 10692 Report
Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

2025-01-31

Researchers at Citizen Lab and Censys reportedly identified spyware infections involving Graphite, a tool attributed to Israeli firm Paragon Solutions. The spyware was allegedly deployed against civil society actors, including journalists and aid workers, through a zero-click WhatsApp exploit. WhatsApp notified over 90 targeted individuals. Evidence reportedly suggests deployments in multiple democratic countries.

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Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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York Regional Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Unidentified law enforcement or intelligence entity (Singapore)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Unidentified law enforcement or intelligence entity (Israel)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Unidentified law enforcement or intelligence entity (Denmark)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Unidentified law enforcement or intelligence entity (Cyprus)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Unidentified law enforcement or intelligence entity (Australia)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Peel Regional Police (Ontario, Canada)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Ontario Provincial Police

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Hamilton Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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External Intelligence and Security Agency

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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AISE

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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REDLattice

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Paragon Solutions

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Refugees in Libya

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Mediterranea Saving Humans

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Luca Casarini

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Journalists

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Humanitarian workers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Giuseppe "Beppe" Caccia

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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General public of countries in which Graphite is being deployed

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Francesco Cancellato

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Fanpage.it

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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David Yambio

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Civil society workers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Activists

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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WhatsApp

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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iOS

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Cloudflare

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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Android

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1069
    2 Reports

    Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers

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