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📱 Your phone could be hacked just by seeing an online ad. Citizen Lab exposed how Israeli firm Discover-Tech turned ad exchanges into a delivery system for zero-click spyware, reaching government and defense networks across Europe, including Czechia. vsquare.org/inside-the-spywa…
Citizen Lab found Pegasus spyware on the phone of Belgrade University rector Vladan Đokić, a supporter of student protests. Anti-corruption prosecutor Rade Bajić also received an Apple threat alert. At least 16 Serbian civil society figures were targeted. vsquare.org/pegasus-and-merc…
🥘 Our new Goulash newsletter is out! Orbán’s daughter and son-in-law swap New York for London amid arrests in Budapest. Plus: Pegasus in Belgrade, spyware hidden in online ads, Europe’s €1.4bn Palantir habit, and a Kremlin-cooked think tank. vsquare.org/goulash-spyware-…
🔎The International Burke Institute, a self-styled Israeli think tank linked to Russian influence ops, used bogus expert affiliations and copied studies to build credibility. Its sovereignty index reached media and academia. @investigace_cz @slerkajosef vsquare.org/international-bu…
🔎 An Israeli journalist admitted receiving cash to promote the International Burke Institute, a bogus think tank tied to a Kremlin disinformation campaign—then walked back her claim. Our investigation also links its founders to a suspected Russian spy. vsquare.org/journalist-admit…
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👀 At least 11 EU countries rely on US tech giant Palantir for defense, intelligence, healthcare and other critical sectors. Experts warn that Europe's growing dependence on the controversial company poses serious risks. @FTM_eu @VSquare_Project vsquare.org/european-countri…
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💥A fake Israeli think tank linked to Kremlin disinformation was promoted by real experts and Israeli media—and its founder lobbied lawmakers. My colleagues have uncovered ties to a suspected Russian spy. One promoter admitted taking cash, then backtracked.vsquare.org/journalist-admit…
🔎 Orbán’s government poured €12 million into Slovakia’s Ma7 media group, benefiting a firm run by former MKP (Hungarian minority party) officials and a printing house linked to his ally Oszkár Világi. Experts say distribution fees may have been inflated. vsquare.org/how-orbans-media…
🔎The International Burke Institute, a self-styled Israeli think tank linked to Russian influence ops, used bogus expert affiliations and copied studies to build credibility. Its sovereignty index reached media and academia. @investigace_cz @slerkajosef vsquare.org/international-bu…
🔎 Orbán’s government poured €12 million into Slovakia’s Ma7 media group, benefiting a firm run by former MKP (Hungarian minority party) officials and a printing house linked to his ally Oszkár Világi. Experts say distribution fees may have been inflated. vsquare.org/how-orbans-media…
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💥An Israeli think tank whose "sovereignty index" reached reputable media and academia is actually part of a Russian influence operation. Leaks show the Kremlin's propaganda firm Social Design Agency planned influence ops as early as 2024. @investigace_cz vsquare.org/international-bu…
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💥Fresh Goulash newsletter is out with new stories and scoops from Central Europe, including Hungary’s expulsion of Russian diplomats and Orbán’s oligarchs waving a white flag. Investigative journalism from the region, all in one place. Read and subscribe👇vsquare.org/goulash-slovakia…
China’s foreign reserve agency secretly acquired stakes in European infrastructure, utilities and real estate through shell companies. This joint investigation reveals the hidden portfolio & the growing opacity surrounding ownership. @OCCRP @FRONTSTORY_PL vsquare.org/police-wind-farm…
Over the past 15 years, Hungary’s @Atlatszo—meaning “transparent”—has become a leading investigative newsroom, uncovering Orbán-era corruption while enduring police raids and smear campaigns. Founder Tamás Bodoky looks back—and ahead. @panyiszabolcs vsquare.org/investigating-th…
💥🇷🇺 Russia is turning propaganda into lawfare against the Baltic countries. Claims once dismissed as disinformation are now being used to build an ICJ case, with help from a Moscow law firm and propagandists linked to Russian intelligence. @rebaltica vsquare.org/from-propaganda-…
China’s foreign reserve agency secretly acquired stakes in European infrastructure, utilities and real estate through shell companies. This joint investigation reveals the hidden portfolio & the growing opacity surrounding ownership. @OCCRP @FRONTSTORY_PL vsquare.org/police-wind-farm…
Over the past 15 years, Hungary’s @Atlatszo—meaning “transparent”—has become a leading investigative newsroom, uncovering Orbán-era corruption while enduring police raids and smear campaigns. Founder Tamás Bodoky looks back—and ahead. @panyiszabolcs vsquare.org/investigating-th…
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💥SCOOP: Hungary calls him back from retirement, and sends Václav Havel's old friend and translator, György Varga, back to Prague as ambassador. He has already served there as ambassador in 1990–1995. Havel called Varga his “window into Hungary.”
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💥🇷🇺 Russia is turning propaganda into lawfare against the Baltic countries. Claims once dismissed as disinformation are now being used to build an ICJ case, with help from a Moscow law firm and propagandists linked to Russian intelligence. @rebaltica vsquare.org/from-propaganda-…