A Greek court sentenced 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 specialising 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, were found guilty of "breaching the confidentiality of telephone communications", according to the judge.
They were 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 said. - AFP
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