They've been doing it for years. It's rootkits/RATs, just malware developed by intelligence services and/or some technical branches of police, although they so

They've been doing it for years. It's rootkits/RATs, just malware developed by intelligence services and/or some technical branches of police, although they sometime hire external contractors for this. They use exploits or physical access. AFAIK there is no manufacturer giving backdoors to the french government(but the US and China definitely have some, I wouldn't be surprised if the US shared some access for major cases)