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Greece’s Watergate: Spyware Scandal Exposes Illegal Surveillance

9/24/2025

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Greece's Watergate centers on illegal Predator surveillance by Intellexa.
Four individuals—two Greeks and two Israelis—face Predator-marketing charges; no government officials charged.
Nikos Androulakis, PASOK leader, learned in 2022 that spyware sat on his phone.
HDPA: 87 targets; 27 monitored by National Intelligence Service (EYP).
International scrutiny rose amid obstruction allegations; a 2024 Supreme Court report found no Predator-government link.

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Greece's Watergate centers on illegal Predator surveillance by Intellexa.
Four individuals—two Greeks and two Israelis—face Predator-marketing charges; no government officials charged.
Nikos Androulakis, PASOK leader, learned in 2022 that spyware sat on his phone.
HDPA: 87 targets; 27 monitored by National Intelligence Service (EYP).
International scrutiny rose amid obstruction allegations; a 2024 Supreme Court report found no Predator-government link.