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  • Spanish Government Refrains from Accusing Morocco in Pegasus Spyware Scandal
    11 May 2022, by Prince

    The Spanish government avoids accusing Morocco without proof of being behind the espionage using the Pegasus software on the phones of President Pedro Sanchez, Defense Minister Margarita Robles, and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
    The government spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez, said on Tuesday after the cabinet meeting that the Executive has already referred this matter to the courts and will only speak on the subject when the facts "are proven," reports Europa Press.
    To (…)

  • Moroccan Activists Targeted by Israeli Spyware, Amnesty International Reports
    11 October 2019, by Bladi.net

    According to the NGO, two prominent human rights defenders in Morocco, academic Maati Monjib and lawyer Abdessadak El Bouchattaoui, have already been targeted by the "Pegasus" spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO group.
    On several occasions, in 2017 in particular, malicious links would have been sent to the two activists. According to Amnesty International, "if they had clicked on them, they would have secretly installed the Pegasus software, allowing the sender to take almost (…)

  • Former NSO Advisor Questions Morocco’s Role in Pegasus Spyware Scandal
    1 August 2021, by Sylvanus

    Gérard Araud, retired, former French ambassador to Washington, and former external advisor to the Israeli company NSO, the manufacturer of Pegasus, has expressed doubts about Morocco, one of the countries accused of having targeted 10,000 phone numbers, including French President Emmanuel Macron, using the spyware.
    "I find it

  • Morocco Thwarts Over 500 Cyberattacks in 2021, Defense Official Reports
    10 May 2022, by Ginette

    In response to a written question in the House of Representatives, the Delegate Minister in charge of National Defense Administration, Abdellatif Loudiyi, stated that despite the many awareness-raising efforts and measures taken by the DGSSI to protect the computer systems of vital sectors from intrusion and hacking via "electronic" viruses, the risk of an attack remains present, reports the daily Al Akhbar.
    The minister also stated that the DGSSI provides the targeted services with the (…)

  • Morocco Sues French Media Outlets Over Pegasus Spyware Allegations
    28 July 2021, by Ginette

    Judicial offensive by Morocco following the accusations made against it for espionage via the Pegasus software. The Moroccan authorities have filed a complaint in France against the media that revealed or denounced the case.
    After launching on July 22 a first defamation procedure against Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories, the two organizations that obtained the list of phone numbers targeted by Pegasus customers, Morocco is now attacking the French media.
    On Wednesday, the (…)

  • Morocco Denies Pegasus Spyware Use, Demands Proof from NGOs in Legal Challenge
    23 July 2021, by Ginette

    Accused of having wiretapped foreign personalities and journalists, Morocco has hired lawyer Olivier Baratelli, mandated to file a [complaint against Amnesty International and Forbbiden Stories]. On Thursday evening on BFM TV, the latter categorically stated that "Morocco has never had any contractual or commercial ties with the NSO company", the supplier of the Pegasus spyware.
    "Morocco has never called upon the NSO company and has never used the Pegasus software," the lawyer hammered, (…)

  • Moroccan PM Denounces Pegasus Spyware Allegations as Attack on National Stability
    27 July 2021, by Ginette

    The head of the Moroccan government spoke out on the Pegasus affair during a television program. El Othmani denounced the organizations Forbidden Stories, Amnesty International and the media consortium publisher of the controversial study on the Pegasus software, which, according to him, are targeting Morocco.
    The Moroccan Prime Minister denounced during his intervention the relentlessness of the organizations Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International and the media campaign maintained (…)

  • Spanish Intelligence Confirms Former Foreign Minister’s Phone Hacked Amid Morocco Crisis
    3 May 2022, by Prince

    The National Intelligence Center (CNI, in its Spanish acronym) confirmed that the mobile phone of Arancha Gonzalez Laya had also been hacked in May 2021, without however specifying the software used or the author of this attack, according to government sources cited by El Pais, who added that no complaint had been filed at the time.
    The former Minister of Foreign Affairs was responsible for coordinating the entry of Brahim Ghali into Spain, which provoked the serious crisis between Spain (…)

  • Morocco Acquires Advanced Israeli Spy Satellites to Boost Surveillance Capabilities
    14 March 2024, by Sylvanus

    The information that Morocco has ordered the construction of two spy satellites from Israel, in order to strengthen its armament - especially its surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities - proves to be accurate.
    Morocco had indeed ordered two Ofek-type surveillance satellites from Israel, reveal sources interested in military information, citing a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The Israeli manufacturer Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will (…)

  • Israeli Defense Minister Denies Pegasus Spyware Used on Macron’s Phone
    30 July 2021, by Ginette

    "NSO did not track President Macron’s phone." These words come from Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who assured his French counterpart Florence Parly that Morocco has never used the Israeli Pegasus software against President Emmanuel Macron.
    Benny Gantz went to Paris on Wednesday to make a few clarifications. The Israeli Defense Minister refuted the allegations that French President Emmanuel Macron had been the target of surveillance software marketed by the Israeli cybersecurity (…)