INVESTIGATINGIntelligenceFour executives were sentenced to 126 years in prison for using Israeli-made Predator spyware to illegally surveil 87 people including politicians and journalists. The convicted spyware dealer now claims the Greek government was behind the entire operation.
“Four executives were sentenced to 126 years in prison for using Israeli-made Predator spyware to illegally surveil 87 people including politicians and journalists. The convicted spyware dealer now claims the Greek government was behind the entire operation.”
Four executives in Greece just got sentenced to 126 years in prison for using Israeli-made Predator spyware to illegally surveil 87 people — politicians, journalists, opposition figures. Then the convicted spyware dealer dropped a bomb: the Greek government ordered the whole thing.
Predator is made by Intellexa, an Israeli surveillance company. It works like Pegasus — zero-click infection, complete phone takeover, every message, every call, every photo, real-time location. The kind of tool that turns a smartphone into a spy in your pocket.
The victims weren't criminals or terrorists. They were politicians, journalists, and opposition figures — the exact people a democratic government is supposed to protect, not surveil. 87 people had their entire digital lives exposed because someone with power wanted to know what they were saying in private.
After sentencing, the convicted spyware dealer claimed the Greek government orchestrated the surveillance operation. If true, Greece's Predatorgate is worse than Watergate — Nixon bugged one hotel. This was 87 people surveilled with military-grade spyware.
Greece isn't alone. Predator and Pegasus have been used by governments worldwide to spy on their own citizens. The BBC, TechCrunch, POLITICO, and Amnesty International have documented cases across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The spyware industry sells tools to democracies and dictatorships alike — and the line between them gets thinner with every purchase.
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