Poland's Tusk calls spyware use 'crisis for democracy'

Poland's opposition leader calls spying scandal, involving Pegasus spyware, one of the biggest threats to democracy in recent history. — AFP

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk on Tuesday said reports the government spied on its opponents represented the country's biggest "crisis for democracy" since the end of communism.

A cyber-security watchdog last week said the Pegasus spyware had been used to target prominent opposition figures, with Polish media dubbing the scandal a "Polish Watergate".