FSB Accuses Western Intelligence of Major Phone Hacking Campaign in Russia

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has claimed that it uncovered and disrupted what it describes as one of the largest foreign intelligence operations ever conducted against the country through the use of spyware targeting mobile devices. According to an FSB operative quoted by state news agency TASS, foreign intelligence services allegedly deployed malicious software to gain access to the phones of Russian officials and individuals with access to classified state information. The agency described the operation as a complex, multi-layered intelligence effort involving coordination among several foreign states and warned that it carried significant security risks and potentially far-reaching consequences.