French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a special cabinet meeting on Thursday morning to discuss investigations into the Pegasus spyware case, government spokesperson Gabriel Attal said.
Attal said progress was being made in the investigations after Amnesty International and a group of international media organisations said spyware made and licensed by a company based in Israel was used in hacks of smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials and human rights activists.
"The president will this morning hold a special defence council meeting at the Elysee on the Pegasus case and on cyber-security", Attal told France Inter radio. French daily Le Monde has reported that Macron's phone was on a list of potential targets for potential surveillance on behalf of Morocco in the spyware case."The president is monitoring the case very closely", Attal said.
Morocco has denied buying or using the Pegasus spyware licensed by Israel-based NSO group after Amnesty and the group of 17 international media organisations reported that it had targeted thousands of phone numbers.Reporting by Matthieu Protard; Editing Dominique Vidalon and Timothy HeritageSubscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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