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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Sam Jones in Madrid

Over 200 Spanish mobile numbers ‘possible targets of Pegasus spyware’

The Spanish PM, Pedro Sánchez (right), and the defence minister, Margarita Robles
Spain’s highest criminal court has opened an investigation into how the mobile phones of Pedro Sánchez (right) and Margarita Robles (left) came to be infected with Pegasus spyware. Photograph: Sebastián Mariscal/AFP/Getty Images

More than 200 Spanish mobile numbers were selected as possible targets for surveillance by an NSO Group client believed to be Morocco, according to the data leak at the heart of the Pegasus project.

Details of the scale of the apparent targeting came as Spain’s highest criminal court opened an investigation into how the mobile phones of the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the defence minister, Margarita Robles, came to be infected with Pegasus spyware last year.

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