The emir of Dubai had his wife Haya and his British lawyers hack

The emir of Dubai Mohammed ben Rached al-Maktou authorized the piracy of his wife's phone Princess Haya of Jordan and those of her British lawyers, judged London's High on Wednesday, where the two parents are fighting over custodyof their children.The head of government of the United Arab Emirates, 72, gave his "express or implicit authorization" so that the phone of his sixth wife, Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, is infiltrated with the PEGASUS spy software, facts discoveredIn August 2020, the courtyard said.

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He also authorized the introduction of this software to lawyers for lawyers, personal assistant and two members of the security team of his 47 -year -old wife, against whom he led a "campaign for fear and'intimidation".Once installed, Pegasus can follow the location of a person, read his texts and emails, listen to calls, record the activity live as well as access to applications, photos and operate the camera and microphone remotely.

265 data megaoctes

It was not proven that hacking was linked to the legal battle which then opposed him to the United Kingdom to his wife to obtain the return to Dubai of their two children -Al Jalila, 13, and Zayed, nine years-, but a "very large" volume of 265 mega -data of data was extracted from the phone of Princess Haya (ie 24 hours of vocal recording or 500 photographs).Even if surveillance was undoubtedly "carried out by servants or agents of the father", the emir of Dubai "is ready to use the arm of the state to obtain what he considers as right," denounced WednesdayJudge Andrew McFarlane.

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"He harassed and intimidated the mother before her departure for England and since then," he said, and "is ready to tolerate that those who act in his name illegally do him in the United Kingdom.The princess, half-sister of the king of Jordan Abdallah II, asked for a measure of protection against a forced marriage which could concern one of the two children, as well as a protective measure for herself, after having fledIn early 2019 the United Arab Emirates for England.

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