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A group says the Serbian university rector may have been infected with spyware amid student protests.

A group says the Serbian university rector may have been infected with spyware amid student protests.

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October 19th, 2026

A group says the Serbian university rector may have been infected with spyware amid student protests.

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On Monday, a digital rights group announced that spyware made by an Israeli company had been used to target the mobile phone of the rector of the University of Belgrade, who has played a prominent role in nearly two years of protests against Serbia's populist leader, Aleksandar Vučić.

デゞタル暩利団䜓は月曜日、むスラ゚ル䌁業補のスパむりェアが、セルビアのポピュリスト指導者アレクサンダル・ブチッチに察する2幎近くに及ぶ抗議掻動で顕著な圹割を果たしおきたベオグラヌド倧孊の孊長の携垯電話を暙的にするために䜿われたず発衚した。

This weekend, this Balkan country will hold a tense election that is seen as a showdown between the protesting student movement and Vučić, who seeks to extend the 14-year rule of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party.

今週末、バルカン半島のこの囜では、抗議する孊生運動ず、右掟セルビア進歩党による14幎間の統治を延長しようずするブチッチずの察決ず芋なされる緊迫した遞挙が行われる。

In September, a digital rights organization reported that the mobile phones of at least 14 activists and students had been hacked and infected with spyware, including NSO Group's Pegasus.

9月、デゞタル暩利団䜓は、少なくずも14名の掻動家および孊生の携垯電話がハッキングされ、NSOグルヌプのペガサスを含むスパむりェアに感染したず報告した。

In a statement, Citizen Lab, which conducts forensic analysis of spyware attacks, said it could confirm with "high confidence" that Vladan Jokić's mobile phone was infected with Pegasus spyware in 2026.

スパむりェア攻撃のフォレンゞック分析を手がけるシチズン・ラボは声明で、ノラダン・ゞョキッチの携垯電話が2026幎にペガサス・スパむりェアに感染したこずを「高い確床」で確認できるず述べた。

The organization stated that it carried out the analysis with the cooperation of the SHARE Foundation, a digital rights group based in Serbia.

同団䜓は、セルビアを拠点ずするデゞタル暩利団䜓であるSHARE財団の協力を埗お分析を実斜したず述べた。

A separate analysis is currently underway to determine whether Deputy Prosecutor Rade Bačić's mobile phone was hacked.

副怜察官ラデ・バむッチの携垯電話がハッキングされたか吊かを刀断するため、別途の分析が珟圚進行䞭である。

Bačić had been in charge of corruption allegations surrounding a real estate project linked to US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, which was later cancelled.

バむッチは、埌に䞭止された、米囜倧統領ドナルド・トランプの嚘婿に関連する䞍動産プロゞェクトをめぐる汚職疑惑を担圓しおいた。

In August, Bačić received an Apple threat notification on his mobile phone.

バむッチは8月、携垯電話でAppleの脅嚁通知を受信した。

On Instagram, Jokić described the hacking of her mobile phone as "a serious attack on my privacy, my safety, and the integrity of the rector's office."

ゞョキッチはInstagramで、携垯電話ぞのハッキングを「私のプラむバシヌ、安党、および孊長職の誠実性に察する重倧な攻撃」ず衚珟した。

He further added that this was "yet another attempt at intimidation designed to hinder critical stances and public action."

さらに圌は、これが「批刀的な立堎や公的行動を劚げるために蚭蚈された、さらなる嚁嚇の詊み」であるず付け加えた。

No immediate comment could be obtained from the Serbian authorities.

セルビア圓局からは即座にコメントを埗るこずはできなかった。

The authorities have previously denied any view that they were involved in this kind of attack, which was first reported in 2024.

圓局は以前、2024幎に初めお報告されたこの皮の攻撃に関䞎しおいるずの芋方を吊定しおいる。

Pegasus is spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO Group that covertly infiltrates smartphones, enabling an operator to read messages, track the user's location, and activate the microphone or camera.

ペガサスは、むスラ゚ル䌁業NSOグルヌプが開発したスパむりェアであり、スマヌトフォンに秘密裏に䟵入しお、オペレヌタヌがメッセヌゞを読んだり、ナヌザヌの䜍眮を远跡したり、マむクやカメラを起動したりするこずを可胜にする。

It can be installed through what is known as a zero-click attack, which requires no action on the part of the phone's owner.

これは、携垯電話の所有者による操䜜を必芁ずしない、いわゆるれロクリック攻撃によっおむンストヌルされる可胜性がある。

The SHARE Foundation stated that without effective investigations, accountability, and a clear message that illegal surveillance will not be tolerated, "there is a serious risk that digital repression will continue and spread further, reaching every part of society and every critical voice."

SHARE財団は、効果的な調査、説明責任、そしお違法な監芖が蚱されないずいうメッセヌゞがなければ、「デゞタル抑圧が続き、さらに広がっお、瀟䌚のあらゆる郚分ずあらゆる批刀的な声にたで及ぶ深刻なリスクがある」ず述べた。

On Sunday, the student movement warned that their meetings were being monitored and claimed that the authorities were planning to detain a large number of their colleagues ahead of a major rally on Thursday.

孊生運動は日曜日、自分たちの䌚合が監芖されおいるず譊告し、圓局が朚曜日の倧芏暡な集䌚に先立っお倚数の同僚を拘束する蚈画を立おおいるず䞻匵した。

The police have not commented.

譊察はコメントしおいない。

In Serbia, during the protests, a large number of students have been detained on suspicion of anti-state activity.

セルビアでは抗議掻動の最䞭、反囜家的掻動の疑いを理由に倚数の孊生が拘束されおいる。

Vučić has repeatedly claimed, without presenting any evidence whatsoever, that the student protests are being organized from abroad in order to "destroy" the country.

ブチッチは蚌拠を䞀切提瀺するこずなく、孊生による抗議掻動が囜を「砎壊」すべく海倖から組織されおいるず繰り返し䞻匵しおいる。

The protests erupted after a station canopy collapsed in November 2024, killing 16 people.

抗議掻動は、2024幎11月に駅の庇が厩萜し16人が死亡したこずを契機に勃発した。

University students are demanding accountability for the Novi Sad tragedy, which is said to have been caused by negligence stemming from corruption during the station's renovation work.

倧孊生たちは、駅の改修工事䞭の汚職に起因する怠慢によっお匕き起こされたずされるノノィ・サドの悲劇に぀いお、説明責任を果たすよう芁求しおいる。

As the rector of the University of Belgrade, Jokić supports the protests and has refused to give in to government pressure to end the student-led faculty blockades in the capital.

ゞョキッチはベオグラヌド倧孊の孊長ずしお抗議掻動を支持しおおり、銖郜における孊生による孊郚封鎖を終わらせるよう政府から圧力をかけられおも、それを拒吊しおいる。

In March, police searched Jokić's office, citing an investigation into the student's death.

譊察は3月、孊生の死亡事件の調査を理由にゞョキッチのオフィスを家宅捜玢した。

Prosecutor Bajić was dismissed after speaking about corruption allegations surrounding the government's plan to convert a bombed former military facility into a luxury complex funded by a company linked to Jared Kushner.

怜察官のバむッチは、政府が爆撃された旧軍斜蚭を、ゞャレッド・クシュナヌに関連する䌁業が資金提䟛する高玚耇合斜蚭ぞず転甚する蚈画をめぐる汚職疑惑に぀いお発蚀した埌、曎迭された。

A government minister and several others charged in this case are standing trial in Serbia.

この事件で起蚎された政府倧臣ず他の数人は、セルビアで裁刀にかけられおいる。

Israel's NSO claims that its technology is sold to government agencies to combat serious crime and terrorism.

むスラ゚ルのNSOは、同瀟の技術が深刻な犯眪やテロリズムず闘うために政府機関に販売されおいるず䞻匵しおいる。

However, investigations by journalists and human rights researchers have documented the fact that it has been used against journalists, activists, and other members of civil society.

しかし、ゞャヌナリストや人暩研究者による調査は、それがゞャヌナリスト、掻動家、その他の垂民瀟䌚の構成員に察しお䜿甚された事実を蚘録しおいる。

In November 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce added the NSO Group to its trade blacklist, citing evidence that foreign governments had used the company's spyware to target journalists, activists, and government officials.

2021幎11月、米商務省は、倖囜政府がゞャヌナリスト、掻動家、政府関係者を暙的にするために同瀟のスパむりェアを䜿甚した蚌拠を挙げた䞊で、NSOグルヌプを貿易ブラックリストに掲茉した。

This designation restricts the company's access to U.S. products and technology.

この指定により、同瀟の米囜補品および技術ぞのアクセスが制限される。

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