The French judiciary has opened an investigation into spying on journalists using the Israeli software Pegasus.
The Paris prosecutor said on Tuesday that it was investigating allegations of gang formation and invasion of privacy.
In France, according to international media reports, journalists from the disclosure platform "Mediapart" and the satirical and investigative newspaper "Canard enchaîné", among others, had been wiretapped.
An international research group from ten countries reported on Sunday that hundreds of journalists, activists and opposition activists around the world had been wiretapped.
According to this, secret services and police authorities in various countries are said to have misused the Israeli spyware software Pegasus to tap into the mobile phones of those affected.
The French government reacted "extremely shocked" to the revelations.
In France, according to reports, among others, "Mediapart" founder Ewdy Plenel and the journalist Lénaïg Bredoux were spied on by the Moroccan secret service.
The former "Canard-enchaîné" employee Dominique Simonnot, who is now the inspector general of the French prisons, was also affected.
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