# Inside Italy’s low-cost spyware economy

- Type: News
- Source: European Digital Rights
- Date: 2026-05-28
- Original: https://edri.org/our-work/inside-italys-low-cost-spyware-economy/
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/53407
- Topics: Marketing

## Summary

Commercial spyware in Europe has recently made headlines with the now notorious names of Pegasus and Graphite, the expensive, exploitation-driven products at the top end of the market. Much less known is the wide underworld ecosystem of low-cost spyware vendors, often targeting citizens via their smartphones. EDRi member Osservatorio Nessuno has investigated and analysed two separate products, Spyrtacus and Morpheus.

## Full text

Commercial spyware in Europe has recently made headlines with the now notorious names of Pegasus and Graphite, the expensive, exploitation-driven products at the top end of the market. Much less known is the wide underworld ecosystem of low-cost spyware vendors, often targeting citizens via their smartphones. EDRi member Osservatorio Nessuno has investigated and analysed two separate products, Spyrtacus and Morpheus.

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