WIRETAPPING



PASOK leader in no doubt of PM’s knowledge of wiretap
NEWS

PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis said on Thursday he believes Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis knew about the wiretaps on his phone by the National intelligence Agency (EYP) and the efforts to infect it with the illegal spyware Predator. 

PASOK leader Androulakis says PM knows why he was spied on 
NEWS

PASOK-KINAl leader Nikos Androulakis said on Thursday that the Greek prime minister’s admission during a television debate that he does not constitute a threat to the country’s security indicates that he knows why he was really wiretapped by intelligence agency EYP.


EU lawmakers warn of Hungary, Poland spyware abuses
NEWS

European Union lawmakers investigating the use of Pegasus spyware against opposition politicians and journalists on Tuesday raised deep concern about abuses in Hungary and Poland and lamented a lack of cooperation with their inquiry.

Privacy watchdog to approve report on EYP
NEWS

The plenary of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) is expected to meet on Wednesday to approve the report of the team that conducted the audit of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) on the wiretapping case.

PEGA head denies report on spyware inquiry
NEWS

Jeroen Lenaers, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA), issued a statement Wednesday clarifying that there was no request from PEGA to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) regarding an investigation into the alleged wiretapping scandal in Greece. 



Tempe ‘fills us with a sense of responsibility and shame’
THE PRESIDENT

Katerina Sakellaropoulou marked three years as President of Greece on March 13. Ahead of that anniversary, Kathimerini had requested an interview to look back on that period in office. The interview took place, but publication was halted by the rail tragedy at Tempe.


New evidence emerges in spyware probe
NEWS

The Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) has identified at least 300 text messages containing spyware-infected links and sent to around 100 individuals, the head of the agency, Konstantinos Menoudakos, told PEGA, the European Parliament committee investigating the use of Predator and other surveillance spyware, on Tuesday. Menoudakos said the HDPA is still trying to identify […]

European Parliament spyware committee hears from Greek independent authority chiefs
NEWS

The Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) has identified at least 300 text messages containing spyware-infected links and sent to around 100 individuals, the head of the agency, Konstantinos Menoudakos, told PEGA, the European Parliament committee investigating the use of Predator and other surveillance spyware, on Tuesday.

PASOK chief chides ND, SYRIZA for past failures
NIKOS ANDROULAKIS

PASOK will only help ruling New Democracy or main opposition SYRIZA form a government in the event of an inconclusive election result if it has a strong enough voice to pass its policy priorities and the potential coalition can agree on a leader who can express the “necessary political change,” socialist […]