- Title: France's Macron targeted in project Pegasus spyware case - Le Monde
- Date: 20th July 2021
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JULY 14, 2021) (AGENCY POOL) REPUBLICAN GUARDS ON STREET, CONVOY OF FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, ARRIVING CONVOY ARRIVING / MACRON GETTING OUT OF CAR MACRON SPEAKING WITH MILITARY OFFICIALS MACRON STEPPING UP INTO MILITARY VEHICLE MACRON WALKING TOWARDS MILITARY OFFICIALS, FOLLOWED BY PRIME MINISTER, JEAN CASTEX, AND DEFENCE MINISTER, FLORENCE PARLY SOLDIER SALUTING MACRON
- Embargoed: 3rd August 2021 18:17
- Keywords: French president Emmanuel Macron Le Monde Morocco Paris Pegasus phone spyware
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA003EMNAFK7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:The phone of French President Emmanuel Macron has been targeted for potential surveillance on behalf of Morocco in project Pegasus spyware case, French daily Le Monde reported on Tuesday (July 20).
An investigation published on Sunday by 17 media organisations, led by the Paris-based non-profit journalism group Forbidden Stories, said the spyware, made and licensed by Israeli company NSO, had been used in attempted and successful hacks of smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials and human rights activists.
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