Spyware maker sentenced to prison in Greece for wiretapping politicians and journalists

In Brief

A Greek tribunal connected Thursday sentenced the laminitis of Intellexa, a corporate of spyware makers, to 8 years successful situation for amerciable wiretapping and privateness violations, according to several reports. 

Tal Dilian and 3 different Intellexa executives were tried for their relation successful a ungraded dubbed “Greek Watergate,” which dates backmost to 2022. The Greek authorities was accused of wiretapping the phones of politicians, journalists, businesspeople, and subject officials with spyware developed by Intellexa.

The different radical sentenced contiguous see Dilian’s concern spouse Sara Aleksandra Fayssal Hamou; his erstwhile lawman head and shareholder of Intellexa, Felix Bitzios; and Yiannis Lavranos, who owned a institution linked to Intellexa. 

Dilian did not respond to TechCrunch’s petition for comment. 

In 2024, the U.S. authorities sanctioned Intellexa and respective of its linked companies, Dilian, and Hamou, for their relation successful processing its spyware, known arsenic Predator, utilized successful the targeting of Americans, including authorities officials and journalists.

The tribunal ordered authorities to further investigate, and stayed the condemnation pending appeal.

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