Athens-based surveillance firm Intellexa SA is being sued by eight victims of a Greek wiretapping scandal, seeking €1 million each for moral harm. The case, known as “Predatorgate”, emerged in 2022 after a financial journalist and a centre-left political party leader said they had been subject to state surveillance with the phone malware Predator, Intellexa’s flagship spyware product.
Background
The affair led to the sacking of the head of the EYP state intelligence service and the prime minister’s chief of staff. Traces of Predator were later found in dozens of phones. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ centre-right government has denied any political involvement in the wiretapping, calling the monitoring of a political opponent’s phone a mistake and saying it was not aware of the incident before it happened.
In February, a court found Intellexa’s Israeli founder Tal Dilian and three others guilty of breaching personal data confidentiality in 2020-2021. Each received prison sentences totaling 126 years and eight months, with actual time capped at eight years, pending appeal. The eight plaintiffs are seeking damages for the unlawful violation of their private life, the confidentiality of their communications, and their personal data.
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