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Emmanuel Macron bugged by Pegasus spyware

2021-07-20T16:35:04.140Z


The Élysée denounces "very serious" facts if they were to be proven and promises that "all light will be shed on these revelations".


The President of the Republic tapped.

Le

Monde 

newspaper

revealed late Tuesday afternoon that Emmanuel Macron's cell phone had been infected with Pegasus spyware.

The name of the head of state appears in any case on the list of personalities targeted by Pegasus.

According to the evening daily, the operation was carried out on behalf of Moroccan intelligence.

Read also: Pegasus, intelligence software as powerful as it is discreet

Developed by the Israeli company NSO, this virus allows, once introduced into a smartphone, to retrieve messages, photos, contacts and even listen to the phone calls of its owner.

"

If the facts are proven they are obviously very serious

", says one in the entourage of the Head of State where one reacts however cautiously to these revelations.

For now, we remain within the framework of a hypothesis.

There is no certainty

”, we say, assuring that“

all light will be shed on these press revelations

”.

In addition to the President of the Republic, the former Prime Minister

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Source: lefigaro

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