A bit of a tangent but a quick search didn't find any references to this so I may as well post it here:
There's a big wiretapping scandal going on Greece since the beginning of August, accompanied by an equally big attempt to cover it up.
What happened is that a Greek MEP discovered that there was an attempt by someone to infect his phone with Predator. Later it was confirmed that he was also being spied upon by the Greek Intelligence Agency during a period that he was running for leader of the 3rd largest party of the country (which he won).
This came as an addition to reports from a journalist that he being targeted by the intelligence agency when they were investigating the scandalous legislation that gave the country's bankers immunity.
The PM had admitted the spying of the MEP stating that "it was lawful, but wrong" and he fired the director of the intelligence agency as well as his nephew that was the director of the PM's office.
It's worth pointing out that the the first piece of legislation passed by the current government was one that transferred the intelligence agency directly under the PM. They also legislated more laxed criteria for the position of the agency's director to fit the profile of a person the PM had already chosen. It's worth pointing out that the PM claims that he didn't know the reason the MEP was being targeted and that he it would be outrageous if he knew.
There's a big wiretapping scandal going on Greece since the beginning of August, accompanied by an equally big attempt to cover it up.
What happened is that a Greek MEP discovered that there was an attempt by someone to infect his phone with Predator. Later it was confirmed that he was also being spied upon by the Greek Intelligence Agency during a period that he was running for leader of the 3rd largest party of the country (which he won).
This came as an addition to reports from a journalist that he being targeted by the intelligence agency when they were investigating the scandalous legislation that gave the country's bankers immunity.
The PM had admitted the spying of the MEP stating that "it was lawful, but wrong" and he fired the director of the intelligence agency as well as his nephew that was the director of the PM's office.
It's worth pointing out that the the first piece of legislation passed by the current government was one that transferred the intelligence agency directly under the PM. They also legislated more laxed criteria for the position of the agency's director to fit the profile of a person the PM had already chosen. It's worth pointing out that the PM claims that he didn't know the reason the MEP was being targeted and that he it would be outrageous if he knew.
Relevant news articles:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62822366
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/world/europe/eu-spyware-p...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/07/greek-pm-kyria...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/08/greek-pm-denie...