published : 21 Jul 2021 at 07:45 French President Emmanuel Macron s phone number was among some 50,000 believed to have been identified as people of interest since 2016 by clients of the Israeli firm NSO, developer of the Pegasus cyber-surveillance technology
PARIS - Phone numbers used by French President Emmanuel Macron and top members of his government are among the potential targets for the Pegasus spyware supplied to several governments worldwide, the NGO that leaked the list of numbers said Tuesday. We found these numbers but we obviously couldn t do a technical analysis of Emmanuel Macron s phone to determine if it had been infected with the malware, the head of Forbidden Stories, Laurent Richard, told LCI television.
As France faces an “explosion” of COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant, according to government spokesman Gabriel Attal, the executive seems to be considering new restrictions.
New measures may include early closing hours for restaurants, the renewed obligation to carry a face mask in public as well as local curfews,
Le Monde newspaper reported.
Similar restrictions have already been adopted in the south-western region of Pyrénées-Orientales as well as in Corsica, where the worrying rise in new cases has led to a closure of bars and restaurants at 11 pm the reception capacity of which has been reduced by 50%.
Activists, journalists and politicians are among those believed to have been targeted by spyware developed by a private Israel-based firm, according to a new investigation.
They are on a list of 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be targeted by clients of the company, NSO Group, since 2016, that was leaked to major news outlets.
Clockwise: Hatice Cengiz, wife of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi; Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Arabian human rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul.
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Its Pegasus software infects iPhones and Android devices to enable operators to extract messages, photos and emails, record calls and secretly activate microphones and cameras.
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Investigation Opened Into Giant Macron-Hitler Billboard Comparing Covid Policy to Nazi Regime
July 20th 2021, 5:17 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron dressed in Nazi uniform and sporting Adolf Hitler’s trademark mustache has caught attention of city’s prosecutor.
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The Toulon prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into a defamatory poster which conflates images of French President Emmanuel Macron and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, amid criticism of ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
A billboard seen on the outskirts of Toulon and La Seyne-sur-Mer, displaying an image of French President Emmanuel Macron dressed in a Nazi uniform and sporting Adolf Hitler’s trademark toothbrush moustache, has caught the attention of the city’s prosecutor, according to local media reports.