Emmanuel Macron's phone number was among potential targets of a huge international spying operation, it was revealed last night. President Imran Khan of Pakistan was also among potential targets found on a list of numbers leaked to Amnesty and the Paris-based journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories. Last night the NSO Group denied that it had ever maintained 'a list of potential, past or existing targets'. Another member, the French daily Le Monde, determined that 15 members of the French government may have been among potential targets with Macron in 2019. Le Monde said the phone numbers for Macron and the then-government members were among thousands allegedly selected by NSO clients for potential surveillance.

Source: Daily Mail July 20, 2021 22:18 UTC