Among the targets of the Predator surveillance in Greece were an S&D MEP, ministers participating in the Council of the European Union, National Intelligence Service officers, armed forces leadership, and journalists.
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- Omissions
- The specific identification of an 'S&D MEP' as a target category could not be independently verified from available sources; sources mention 'opposition leaders' generally but not specifically S&D MEPs.
- The claim that National Intelligence Service (EYP) officers were targets is unverified. EYP is consistently identified in sources as the agency conducting surveillance, not as victims of it.
- Sources were published after the session date but contain data from periods before 2026-04-28. The MEP could have known this information from earlier reporting.
- Only secondary journalistic sources were found; no primary source (official investigation report, court documents, or government publication) was located.
- Sources
- SecondaryTechCrunchMinisters, opposition leaders, military officials, and journalists were targeted using Intellexa's Predator spyware. This refers to the Greek surveillance scandal involving 87 targeted individuals.
- SecondaryBBC NewsIn July 2024, a Greek Supreme Court report concluded there was 'clearly no connection' between Predator and government. The scandal involved surveillance software called Predator used to target 87 people in what became known as 'Greece's Watergate'.
- SecondaryGreek ReporterAn official registry of individuals and organizations targeted by Predator spyware offers new perspective on Greece's surveillance crisis. The list emerged following court convictions related to the scandal.
- SecondaryTo VimaA newly disclosed official list linked to the Predator spyware case shows that ministers, lawmakers, media figures, businesses and public bodies were among the targets.