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Moroccan intelligence accused of spying on journalists and human rights activists

Pegasus spyware, once installed on a smartphone, can give its operator access to messages, photos, location data and other contents stored on the device.
Pegasus spyware, once installed on a smartphone, can give its operator access to messages, photos, location data and other contents stored on the device. © Reuters

Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has deployed Pegasus spyware and hidden cameras in a sweeping campaign of surveillance against journalists and human rights activists, according to a report by Amnesty International.

Amnesty said in their report released on Thursday that the apparatus operated by Morocco's domestic intelligence agency – the Direction Générale de la Surveillance du Territoire (DGST) – included Israel’s Pegasus spyware.

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