Eight people targeted by surveillance software called Predator have filed a lawsuit against Israeli supplier Intellexa and 13 other individuals at a court in Athens, requesting compensation totalling about €7,600,000 million, or around €1,000,000 per person, their lawyer Zacharias Kesses said on Tuesday.
The compensation is requested “for the moral damage suffered by the victims from the illegal violation of their privacy, the confidentiality of their communications and their personal data” following the confirmed surveillance of their phones, he said in a statement, adding that more actions are underway, some of which cannot presently be disclosed due to the secrecy rules pertaining such investigations.
“The lawsuits detail the structure, operation and division of roles of the network of companies and individuals associated with the development, distribution and use of Predator. This process constitutes the next institutional step towards full accountability of all those involved and redress for victims, both at national and European level,” Kesses said.
The victims represented are financial journalist Thanassis Koukakis, a former Meta security manager and a dual US-Greek national Artemis-Mary Seaford, lawyer Antonia Primpa, lawyer Ioannis Fitilis, former director of the Hellenic Police’s Forensic Laboratories Penelope Miniati, former head of Greece intelligence agency EYP in Komotini, Angeliki Roussou, a Hellenic Police and former EYP employee Zoe-Maria Sakali, and journalist Spyridon Sideris.
