{"id":2236,"date":"2026-07-16T20:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/16\/moroccan-intelligence-insider-reveals-widespread-use-of-pegasus-hacking-software\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:16:25","slug":"moroccan-intelligence-insider-reveals-widespread-use-of-pegasus-hacking-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=2236","title":{"rendered":"Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-14sl0e4\">\n<div class=\"dcr-17l77cs\">\n<figure id=\"97d30806-36b0-4160-942e-9b5ca892ee0b\" class=\"dcr-191xnya\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Man in T.short and shorts walking beside large NSO Group logo on orange wall\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b622daf890a7625d7d426073102027c5db3ac491\/378_21_2750_2200\/master\/2750.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><span class=\"dcr-kogzpx\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-18mnkpm\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1294qmb\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-4sl2vt\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1mfxiaj\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">The Israel-based NSO Group produces the Pegasus hacking software allegedly used to target French and Spanish politicians among others.<\/span> Photograph: Amir Cohen\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"97d30806-36b0-4160-942e-9b5ca892ee0b\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-qda0hp\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1e9iiy9\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">The Israel-based NSO Group produces the Pegasus hacking software allegedly used to target French and Spanish politicians among others.<\/span> Photograph: Amir Cohen\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-ql9l8l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-6mja0y\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-l0wuod\">Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1xpojbf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1gm5ptv\">\n<p>Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targets<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-x1al2c\">\n<div class=\"dcr-11gq2tx\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-1w2vkyc\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-ogvvui\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A former member of Morocco\u2019s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software \u2013 including Pegasus spyware \u2013 to target journalists, human rights defenders, French politicians and Spanish cabinet ministers and police officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Pegasus, which is manufactured by the Israel-based NSO Group, allows its operator to access everything on a target\u2019s mobile phone, including emails, text messages and photographs. It can also activate the phone\u2019s recorder and camera, turning it into a listening device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Although NSO Group says Pegasus is sold only to governments to help them track criminals and terrorists, the spyware is alleged to have been used by several countries to target dissidents, journalists, diplomats and politicians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Morocco has long denied using Pegasus to target critics at home or abroad, and has claimed that reporters who have investigated NSO Group were \u201cincapable of proving [the country had] any relationship\u201d with the company.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"9e06cf4a-90a2-4786-83b8-77d964201018\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-d9bay7\">\n<div id=\"img-2\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pegasus in capitals in green against green digital background\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b0bbd511913c5eca95536d3236a72222836d9e24\/500_0_4999_4000\/master\/4999.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"445\" height=\"356.07121424284855\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><a href=\"#img-2\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"9e06cf4a-90a2-4786-83b8-77d964201018\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-174mzkf\"><span class=\"dcr-vyhg7z\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Morocco has long denied using Pegasus to target critics at home or abroad.<\/span> Photograph: Fernando Astasio\/Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">However, evidence from a whistleblower who worked for Morocco\u2019s Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale de la Surveillance du Territoire (DGST) for almost a decade suggests the country\u2019s internal security services began using Pegasus in 2017 and went on to deploy it against domestic and foreign targets over the course of four years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Testimony from the source, known by the pseudonym of Safir, forms the basis of a multiyear investigation by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/greenslade\/2016\/jan\/19\/moroccan-investigative-journalist-released-after-10-months-in-jail\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">the Moroccan journalist Hicham Mansouri<\/a>, which has led to a collaborative investigation between several media groups, with technical support from Amnesty International\u2019s Security Lab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The consortium, which was coordinated by Forbidden Stories and comprises 14 media organisations \u2013 including Le Monde, Haaretz, El Confidencial, Die Zeit and the Guardian \u2013 has also analysed material detailing Morocco\u2019s surveillance practices, from leaked emails to targeting records relating to Pegasus and other spyware, and from victims\u2019 testimony to internal training material. Two other former Moroccan intelligence agents also provided information and corroborated facts. Safir\u2019s testimony is corroborated by leaked material, including the Pegasus project dataset, which has been forensically analysed by Amnesty International\u2019s Security Lab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">According to information gathered by the consortium, NSO Group representatives gave high-ranking Moroccan intelligence officers and technical experts a long and detailed demonstration of new technologies \u2013 including Pegasus \u2013 in an expensive villa in Rabat in 2017. The source said the house was nicknamed \u201cthe FSSYS villa\u201d after FSSYS Maroc, which was then the Moroccan branch of the UAE-based surveillance intermediary al-Fahad, and which frequently used the property for such demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">It is understood that those gathered for the demonstration immediately realised Pegasus\u2019s \u201crevolutionary\u201d potential as its remote-infection capacity meant they would no longer have to physically access the mobile phones of their targets. As they watched, NSO representatives infected a number of test phones, remotely activating cameras, switching on microphones and accessing data and messages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The whistleblower has suggested that the hugely expensive spyware was a gift from the UAE. \u201cMillions for the Emiratis, that\u2019s nothing,\u201d said Safir. \u201cThe Emirates bought it and redistributed it to friendly services. You could say it\u2019s like Netflix: a friend pays for the subscription, and the others use their account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Before Pegasus was adopted by the DGST, the service had relied on a mix of old-fashioned human intelligence, targeting terminals in internet cafes and even persuading shopkeepers to sell mobiles pre-infected with other spyware to dissidents. According to Safir, the costly new spyware was used only for high-value targets once cheaper and less sophisticated options had been exhausted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWe never start with Pegasus,\u201d they said. \u201cIt\u2019s the monster\u2019s weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Evidence gathered for the journalistic investigation, which is titled the Pegasus Project: Inside the Moroccan Spying Machine, also reveals that four unique Moroccan mobile phone numbers were selected as Pegasus targets in September 2017, seemingly in order to test the fledgling system in Morocco. They included mobile numbers linked to two DGST staff members, which were apparently input to determine the spyware\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The leaked database at the centre of a previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/series\/pegasus-project\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Pegasus project<\/a> investigation reveals that the numbers of Moroccan journalists and human rights defenders began to be put into the Pegasus system that same month \u2013 September 2017. Before long, the targeting had begun to extend beyond Morocco\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A Spanish mobile number belonging to Aminatou Haidar, a prominent human rights activist from Western Sahara, was included in the leaked database and found to have been targeted by Pegasus dating back to 2018. Traces of the spyware were also found on a second phone belonging to Haidar in November 2021. Meanwhile, a Spanish mobile number for the journalist Ignacio Cembrero \u2013 whose work is focused on the Maghreb \u2013 was also listed on the Pegasus project database.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"073cfed3-1161-410e-9780-3170ede90839\" data-spacefinder-role=\"supporting\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-18sm3qm\">\n<div id=\"img-3\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pedro S\u00e1nchez on smartphone with mask in 2020\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/cf9db96f3ab95a53636b645c943e59c2f975bf96\/155_0_3348_2680\/master\/3348.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"445\" height=\"356.2126642771804\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><a href=\"#img-3\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"073cfed3-1161-410e-9780-3170ede90839\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-tgembn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1ci1e33\"><span class=\"dcr-vyhg7z\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">In 2022, the Spanish government revealed that the mobile phones of the prime minister, Pedro S\u00e1nchez (pictured), and the defence minister, Margarita Robles, were infected with Pegasus spyware the year before.<\/span> Photograph: John Thys\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">All in all, Pegasus project records show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/may\/03\/over-200-spanish-mobile-numbers-possible-targets-pegasus-spyware\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">more than 200 Spanish mobile numbers were selected<\/a> for Pegasus targeting by the user believed to be Morocco. In May 2022, the Spanish government revealed that the mobile phones of the prime minister, Pedro S\u00e1nchez, and the defence minister, Margarita Robles, were both infected with Pegasus spyware in May and June 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The targeting came at a time when Madrid and Rabat were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/may\/17\/record-1000-migrants-reach-spains-north-african-enclave-ceuta-in-a-day\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">locked in a tense diplomatic row<\/a> over Spain\u2019s decision to allow the leader of the Polisario Front, which has long fought for the independence of western Sahara from Morocco, to be treated for Covid-19 in a hospital in northern Spain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">It later emerged that the phones of Spain\u2019s interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and its agriculture minister, Luis Planas, had also been targeted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Repeated judicial attempts to get to the bottom of the use of Pegasus to target the Spanish cabinet have come to nothing. The investigating judge originally ended the inquiry in July 2023, but reopened it a few months later after the French authorities provided information on the use of Pegasus to infect the mobile phones of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jul\/25\/emmanuel-macron-pushes-for-israeli-inquiry-into-nso-spyware-concerns\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">French ministers, MPs, lawyers and journalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">But he shelved it once again in January this year, citing a chronic lack of cooperation from the Israeli authorities \u2013 including a failure to respond to his request to take a statement from NSO\u2019s chief executive \u2013 that had violated \u201cthe principle of good faith\u201d between countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">However, recent analysis points to the DGST being responsible for the targeting of the senior Spanish politicians. Material assembled by the Pegasus project \u2013 including court documents \u2013 shows one of the attacker accounts that was assigned to Morocco\u2019s Pegasus system and used to target politicians, journalists and human rights defenders in France was also used to target the phones of the Robles and Grande-Marlaska.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">And yet, despite suspicions that Morocco may have been linked to the Pegasus targeting of Spanish politicians, Grande-Marlaska last year presented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elindependiente.com\/espana\/2025\/11\/12\/guardia-civil-marlaska-medalla-hammouchi-marruecos\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Abdellatif Hammouchi, the director general of the DGST, with the highest honour bestowed by Spain\u2019s Guardia Civil<\/a>, a gendarmerie that reports to both the interior and defence ministries. The move did not go down well with one Guardia Civil union, which said that giving the award \u201cto a man who has faced international accusations of human rights violations and spying\u201d was an affront to the dignity of the force\u2019s officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">More damningly, leaked documents, photographs and testimony from Spanish security forces and a former Moroccan intelligence agent suggest the DGST used its technical knowledge to seek access to the communications of Guardia Civil officers who had travelled to Morocco to share their counter-terrorism expertise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The personal phone number of one senior Guardia Civil officer appears five times on the list of targets selected for Pegasus surveillance by the end-user believed to be Morocco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWe spy on everyone,\u201d one former DGST officer told the consortium, adding that such targeted surveillance was carried out \u201cjust in case\u201d. A senior Guardia Civil official described the revelations of spying on his force as \u201ca betrayal\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"27914a30-a0d4-4bb7-9a15-be6348a1d522\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-d9bay7\">\n<div id=\"img-4\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Three ranks of Guardia officers in teal uniforms\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6290affaa63219730346cb40950645149d4eb3fd\/0_0_5472_3648\/master\/5472.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"445\" height=\"296.66666666666663\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><a href=\"#img-4\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"27914a30-a0d4-4bb7-9a15-be6348a1d522\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-174mzkf\"><span class=\"dcr-vyhg7z\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">Non-commissioned Guardia Civil officers parade in Madrid on 1 July.<\/span> Photograph: Chema Clares\/GTRES\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Although officers from Spain\u2019s other nationwide law enforcement agency, the Polic\u00eda Nacional, employ stringent precautions while travelling to Morocco \u2013 including using separate mobile devices for sensitive information \u2013 the Guardia Civil did not think such precautions would be necessary when collaborating with an ally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t do it because we didn\u2019t suspect we would be spied on,\u201d a senior Guardia Civil intelligence officer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Further evidence that Morocco used Pegasus emerged last year after WhatsApp\u2019s parent company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/may\/06\/meta-nso-verdict-spyware\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Meta, took NSO Group to court in the US for exploiting its messaging platform to target people<\/a>. An unsealed, redacted presentation given to the board of NSO Group\u2019s parent company, Q Cyber Technologies, in early August 2018 includes a list of Pegasus end-user codenames.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">According to reporting by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, countries using Pegasus are assigned a name based on the first letter of that country and the name of a car manufacturer. Subaru, for example, had previously been identified as Saudi Arabia. Morgan has now been identified as Morocco after former NSO employees confirmed to the consortium that Morocco was a Pegasus end-user and was known by that codename.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">In November 2021, NSO Group was placed on a US blacklist after Joe Biden\u2019s administration determined the company had acted \u201ccontrary to the foreign policy and national security interests of the US\u201d. Three weeks later, the Israeli financial newspaper Calcalist reported that Israel\u2019s defence ministry had barred imports of Israeli cyber-technology to a number of countries, including Morocco and the UAE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The investigation has not found any evidence of Pegasus-aided surveillance in Morocco after late 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">NSO Group, the Moroccan government, the UAE authorities and al-Fahad\u2019s parent company have all been approached for comment, as have the Spanish government and its interior, foreign and defence ministries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-swayiu\"><span class=\"dcr-1xhbmzr\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-2c03t5\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-p7nd18\">\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/morocco\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Morocco<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/news\/series\/pegasus-project\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">The Pegasus project<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/africa\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/world\/middleeast\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Middle East and north Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/technology\/software\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Software<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/technology\/hacking\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Hacking<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/technology\/computing\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Computing<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/technology\/malware\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Malware<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-313bdz\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Moroccan%20intelligence%20insider%20reveals%20widespread%20use%20of%20Pegasus%20hacking%20software&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/jul\/16\/morocco-intelligence-insider-reveals-widespread-use-hacking-software-pegasus?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-ncybeu\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-19bkree\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fnews%2F2026%2Fjul%2F16%2Fmorocco-intelligence-insider-reveals-widespread-use-hacking-software-pegasus&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=news\/2026\/jul\/16\/morocco-intelligence-insider-reveals-widespread-use-hacking-software-pegasus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-1c41onw\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1kq7f60\"><span class=\"dcr-1ryr20k\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israel-based NSO Group produces the Pegasus hacking software allegedly used to target French and Spanish politicians among others. 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