El Bouchtaoui's call for tougher regulation of spyware comes after Facebook Inc's WhatsApp sued NSO Group last week, alleging the Israeli cyber firm sold a tool that hacked the phones of 1,400 diplomats and dissidents in 20 countries this year. — Reuters
CASABLANCA: A Moroccan human rights lawyer, who fled into exile after his phone was hacked, called for urgent international action to protect activists from the growing threat of cyber spies.
Abdessadak El Bouchtaoui said he believed the Moroccan government targeted him for defending protesters from the Hirak movement, whose demands for an end to injustice and corruption in 2016 and 2017 echoed those of the "Arab Spring".
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