Predatorgate victims sue the spyware maker for €8M
Greece’s Predator spyware scandal has reached the courts. Eight people it spied on want €1 million each from the firm that built it.
Eight victims of Greece’s “Predatorgate” wiretapping scandal have sued the Athens surveillance firm Intellexa and 13 people linked to it, Reuters reports. Each is seeking €1 million in moral damages, a combined €8 million. Their lawyer, Zacharias Kesses, says more suits will follow.
How Predatorgate unfolded
The scandal broke in 2022. A financial journalist and a centre-left party leader said the state had spied on their phones using Predator, Intellexa’s flagship spyware. Traces later turned up on dozens more devices.
The fallout was swift. Greece sacked the head of its EYP intelligence service and the prime minister’s chief of staff. Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ centre-right government denied any political involvement, called the monitoring of an opponent a mistake, and survived a no-confidence vote in 2023.
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