Prosecutors say Piotr P., former chief of the Internal Security Agency (ABW), and Maciej M., former head of Military Counterintelligence (SKW), are accused of failing to fulfil their duties – specifically, of allowing Pegasus to be used without the required security accreditation and without verifying whether it met classified information protection standards.
The charges carry a maximum prison sentence of three years.
Prosecutors said there was no need to impose any preventive measures against the suspects.
Both men denied wrongdoing.
The broader case is being handled by a National Public Prosecutor’s Office team, which is examining the legality of surveillance operations conducted using Pegasus, as well as the broader circumstances of how the system was deployed.
The Pegasus scandal in Poland involves allegations that the former Law and Justice (PiS) government illegally used the military-grade spyware to monitor political opponents, prosecutors and activists, including during the 2019 election campaign.
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Source: PAP