Apple and Android phones hacked by Italian spyware, Google says

An Italian company's hacking tools were used to spy on Apple and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet's Google said in a report on Thursday.

Milan-based RCS Lab, whose website claims European law enforcement agencies as clients, developed tools to spy on private messages and contacts of the targeted devices, the report said.

Google (GOOG)'s findings on RCS Lab come as European and American regulators weigh potential new rules over the sale and import of spyware.