Eight months after the publication of the first confirmed illegal sighting in Greece using it Predator Software The prosecutor’s office ordered cybercrime to search the offices and homes of companies and individuals allegedly involved. Yesterday, separate police teams carried out inspections at at least six locations in Attica, and one of the stairs was reportedly discovered during one of the raids on the site, which was vacated a few days ago and is currently under construction.

According with information from “K”, police assistance with surveillance was last requested in early autumn. Thus, it appears that the request was not a house search, as happened recently, but a declassification request to the telecommunications service provider to find out from which mobile phone number the misleading message received in September 2021 by PASOK President Nikos Androulakis. Those who then attempted to intercept Mr. Androulakis’ mobile phone appear to have done so using a random number.

Yesterday morning, at the request of the prosecutor’s office in charge of the surveillance case, various groups of police officers carried out inspections at company offices and people’s homes in Attica and, in particular, among other places in Chalandri, Kifisia, Maroussi and Neo Psychiko. The searches, according to the information, were carried out at addresses associated with Intellexa, Krikel and other companies.

A few days ago, one of the premises was vacated, and now it is under construction.

Journalist Thanasis Koukakis, whose monitoring with Predator software was confirmed at the end of March by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, filed a lawsuit against all those responsible in June 2022 to find out who violated his telephone privacy. Last October, he filed a new lawsuit against Intellexa, which sells the tracking software and is also based in Greece.

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At the same time, a sworn administrative review was scheduled by the State Department effective November 16 to determine whether the rules for exporting Intellexa software to Madagascar were followed. Products of this type are considered dual-use products and are subject to special rules for disposal in third countries. It is expected that the relevant opinion will be submitted to the office of the responsible Deputy Minister of Economic Diplomacy Kostas Fragoyiannis before Christmas.