"On Thursday, the findings of the parliamentary committee investigating Italy's usage of the spyware were published, in a rare incident of a Western state shedding light into a usually secretive world of intelligence agencies and covert surveillance.
The committee confirmed that Paragon provided Graphite to two Italian agencies, including the country's external intelligence service, starting in 2023. The version of Graphite provided did not include the ability to activate the phone's microphone or camera, the report said.