"Our information reached Israel": Polish Prime Minister furious over use of "Pegasus"

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sharply attacked the previous government, accusing it of "betrayal" and claiming that the use of the Israeli spyware "Pegasus" allowed Israel and the parent company access to sensitive information from Polish security services. Tusk claimed that control of the system remained with Israel. Figures in Poland criticized his remarks, seeing them as anti-Semitic undertones.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused the previous government and Polish security services of "betrayal," alleging that the use of the Israeli spyware "Pegasus" enabled the leakage of sensitive information to Israel and NSO Group. Tusk claimed that the Polish security service (BDA) signed a contract worth over 30 million zlotys for the system, but control remained with Israel and the Israeli company. According to him, the transferred data included information on Polish citizens, opposition leaders, and independent prosecutors. His remarks sparked outrage. Right-wing journalist Pawel Rybicki wrote that Tusk released a video with sharp anti-Jewish undertones, linking it to his party's loss in local elections in Krakow the previous day. Former CBA head Ernest Bejda dismissed Tusk's statements, emphasizing that the use of Pegasus was legal and under supervision, and that the Israeli side was not exposed to the data.