French prosecutors open probe into alleged Pegasus media spying
India TodayProsecutors in Paris said on Tuesday they had opened a probe into allegations that Moroccan intelligence services used the Israeli malware Pegasus to spy on several French journalists. A collaborative investigation by The Washington Post, The Guardian, Le Monde and other media outlets, based on a leaked list of 50,000 phone numbers, claimed on Monday that spying worldwide using the malware from the NSO Group had been far more extensive than previously thought. Other journalists working for French media companies were allegedly targeted by Moroccan security services, including employees of Le Monde and Agence France-Presse Morocco denied the claims, saying it "never acquired computer software to infiltrate communication devices". READ: Apple condemns Pegasus spyware attack, says it is working on added protection ALSO READ: Edward Snowden urges governments to ban trade of spyware like Pegasus