French Lawmaker Seeks Answers from Morocco over Alleged Pegasus Spyware Attack

On Twitter, the French deputy says he was stunned to discover the information published by Le Monde and Franceinfo according to which his mobile phone would have been the target of an attempt to capture data via the Pegagus spyware. An attempt attributed to the Moroccan intelligence services. Surprised by their "involvement", the former Minister of Ecological Transition says he has requested an audience with the Moroccan ambassador "to get explanations". His wish is that "Morocco provides explanations to France, to the French government and to a personality like me who was a member of the French government when there was an attempt to intrude and capture the data from my mobile phone."

On the same social network, deputy Gilles Le Gendre, a potential target of the spyware, denounced "the extreme gravity of this large-scale espionage" revealed by Le Monde. On Tuesday, Laurent Richard, director of the Forbidden Stories organization, stated that the numbers of President Emmanuel Macron and members of the government are on a list of potential targets of the Pegasus software, used by certain states to spy on personalities.

For its part, the Moroccan government says it is surprised "by the publication of erroneous information in which their authors falsely claim that Morocco has infiltrated the phones of several national and foreign public figures and officials of international organizations through a computer software." Also, it "rejected, categorically condemned these false and unfounded allegations, like previous similar allegations from Amnesty International on this subject" and threatened to take action.