The phones of five current French cabinet ministers bore traces of Pegasus spyware, according to a news report published by investigative website Mediapart, which cited the results of an analysis conducted by the country’s security agencies. In its report, the French website said the phones of the ministers for education, territorial cohesion, agriculture, housing and overseas – Jean-Michel Blanquer, Jacqueline Gourault, Julien Denormandie, Emmanuelle Wargon and Sébastien Lecornu – showed traces of Pegasus, a military-grade spyware created by the Israel-based NSO group. The phone of one of Macron’s diplomatic advisers at the Élysée Palace had also been targeted, the report said.
— source thewire.in | 24/Sep/2021