French intelligence agency confirms Pegasus spyware was found on phones of three journalists

In what is the first instance of an official authority corroborating the findings of the Pegasus Project, French intelligence investigators have confirmed that the spyware— developed by the Israeli firm NSO Group— was detected in the phones of three journalists, including a senior member of staff at the country’s international television station France 24.

France’s national agency for information systems security (Anssi) has identified digital traces of the Pegasus spyware on the phones of the France 24 journalist, Lénaïg Bredoux, an investigative journalist at the French investigative website Mediapart, and the site’s director Edwy Plenel, The Guardian reported.