A Greek court sentences four suspects, including two Israelis, to eight years in prison over a landmark spyware scandal that shook the government in 2022.
The case involved the illegal use of Predator software to target the phones of over 90 politicians, journalists, business leaders and senior military officials.
The defendants include Tal Dilian, a former Israeli soldier and founder of Intellexa, a company specializing in the supply of spyware, which marketed the Predator software in Greece. His partner, as well as two former Greek executives of the company, were also on trial.
The defendants, who were not present in court, are found guilty of “breaching the confidentiality of telephone communications,” according to the judge.
They are also found guilty of “tampering with a personal-data filing system… on a repeated basis,” as well as of “illegal access to an information system or data,” he says.
The four will remain free pending an appeal requested by their lawyers.
Predator is sophisticated software that makes it possible to infiltrate mobile phones, access messages and photos, and even remotely activate the microphone and camera.
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