# Serbian Rector's Phone Hacked With Spyware

> Digital rights group says Israeli spyware infected Serbian rector's phone during student protests.
- Title: Serbian Rector's Phone Hacked With Spyware · Seattletimes
- Summary: Digital rights group says Israeli spyware infected Serbian rector's phone during student protests. A digital rights group confirmed that spyware from an…
- Keywords: serbian, belgrade, aleksandar vucic, serbian progressive party, pegasus spyware, digital rights, student protests, nsos spyware, serbia election, news, local, Rector's
- Source: Seattletimes — https://seattletimes.com/business/technology/serbian-rectors-phone-was-infected-with-spyware-during-student-protests-group-says
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- Topics: serbian, belgrade, aleksandar vucic, serbian progressive party, pegasus spyware, digital rights, student protests, nsos spyware, serbia election, news, local
## Spyware Targeted Rector
Digital rights group says Israeli spyware infected Serbian rector's phone during student protests.
## Election Tension
Serbia holds tense election this weekend as student protests clash with Vucic's push to extend his party's 14-year rule.
## Pegasus Spyware
Pegasus spyware can secretly infiltrate smartphones to read messages, track location, and activate microphones and cameras.
## Rector's Phone Hacked
Digital rights group confirmed Vladan Djokic's phone was infected with Pegasus spyware in 2:00 a.m. on September 2026.
## Rector's Response
Djokic called the hacking a 'serious attack on my privacy, security and the integrity of the post of rector'.

> Djokic on Instagram described the phone hacking as a 'serious attack on my privacy, security and the integrity of the post of rector.'
## Protesters' Concerns
Students warn their meetings are being monitored and fear police detentions ahead of Thursday's rally.
## What Happens Next
Without effective investigation, accountability, and a message that unlawful surveillance is unacceptable, digital repression risks spreading further.

> The SHARE Foundation said that without an effective investigation, accountability and a message that unlawful surveillance is unacceptable, 'there is a serious risk that digital repression will continue and spread further, reaching every part of society and every critical voice.'
## Key takeaway

A digital rights group confirmed that spyware from an Israeli company targeted the phone of a Serbian university rector involved in student protests against populist leader Aleksandar Vucic.