Wiretapping

The president of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy has officially rejected suggestions that he be named next president of Greece.

The latest lawsuits in the spyware case were forwarded to the Prosecutor's Office of the Supreme Court.

Nikos Androulakis has filed another lawsuit seeking further investigation into who was behind attempts to infect his phone with Predator malware.

An Athens first instance court ruled that journalistic interest in the phone-tapping scandal was justified; decision's reasoning vindicates media, reporters against the lawsuit by former prime ministerial chief of staff Grigoris Dimitriadis.

A top Greek minister casually appears to accept being spied on in a democratic society...There seems to be an issue here

Supreme Court Prosecutor's Office exempts all government and state official from prosecution in the wiretapping case

The curtain came down yesterday on the wiretapping investigation with the presentation of a 300-page concluding report which, as people familiar with every aspect of the case file stress, “raises more questions than those the two-year judicial process relating to the case set out to answer”, and without the victims ever being informed why they […]

An expert report on Greece's wiretapping scandal said it was a 'coincidence' that there were common targets between Predator and the NIS. However, revelations about SMS messages sent to some Predator targets call this conclusion into question.

New Left party MP Nasos Iliopoulos refers to "accidental" destruction of a CD containing Karaivaz’s conversations with Grigoris Dimitriadis and Panagiotis Kontoleon as proof of the government's refusal to confront organized crime; unanswered questions remain

The Commission report, which is expected to be released this week, highlights issues regarding the operation of the justice system, independent authorities, freedom of the press and the wiretapping case

He's set to appear before the same high court deputy chief prosecutor that took sworn testimony last week from Grigoris Dimitriadis

To date around 40 persons have testified in the Greek wiretapping scandal, and the number is expected to increase as the case reaches its final stage.

What important issues are raised by the tough US sanctions on Intellexa? What does the CNN report mention?

Reading the US Treasury Department announcement about the sanctions imposed on companies in the Intellexa “group” and two individuals involved with it, Tal Dilian and Sara Hamou, something about the evidence it cites really struck home. Because the US Treasury Department notes that the data that underpins the sanctions was collected and documented by journalists, […]

Union (ESIEA) takes aim at the resigned general secretary of the PM's office, Grigoris Dimitriadis. Latter faced stepped-up media scrutiny and opposition criticism over his alleged role in the phone-tapping furor

The challenge is to see if and how Greek state agencies coordinated with Predator