Macron holds defense Cabinet meeting on Pegasus spyware revelations
POLITICS
22.07.2021 | 16:45French President Emmanuel Macron will hold an extraordinary defense Cabinet meeting Thursday dedicated to cybersecurity in the aftermath of reports his phone number was possibly targeted with Pegasus spyware by a Moroccan intelligence service, government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced on France Inter Thursday, Politico reported.
An international consortium of media outlets led by French journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories and NGO Amnesty International reported over the past week on a list of potential targets of Pegasus, military-grade spyware made by Israeli company NSO that allows clients to hack into targets’ cell phones.
Numerous French elected officials and journalists were on the list, as were over a dozen current or former heads of state and government.