Emmanuel Macron’s phone ‘on list of 50,000 possible targets’ in Pegasus spyware case

Emmanuel Macron’s phone ‘on list of 50,000 possible targets’ in Pegasus spyware case

French president Emmanuel Macron and Moroccan King Mohamed VI are among world leaders whose phones may have been selected as potential targets for Israeli-made spyware, a new investigation has revealed.

One thousand high-profile individuals may have been targeted with the military-grade software on behalf of other countries, according to ‘Pegasus Project’, an investigation led by Amnesty International, Paris-based nonprofit Forbidden Stories and a dozen media organisations.

The phone numbers of three presidents, 10 prime ministers and a king were among 50,000 on a leaked list obtained by the investigation.