Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz told his French counterpart Florence Parly in Paris on Wednesday that Israel was looking into allegations that spyware developed by Israeli company NSO Group was used against French President Emmanuel Macron.
A French government spokesman said that Parly would “seize the opportunity” to ask Gantz about what the Israeli government knows about the NSO Pegasus spyware, reported Reuters.
An investigation by 17 media organizations found that spyware was used to hack phones belonging to journalists, government officials, and human rights activists.
NSO said that the report about Pegasus was “full of wrong assumptions and uncorroborated theories” since the software is intended only for government intelligence agencies and law enforcement to fight terrorism and crime.