Wiretapping case: Mitsotakis declines to deny state purchase of Predator spyware
Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
At a glance
- Kyriakos Mitsotakis did not provide a specific assurance that no Greek state agency had purchased Predator spyware.
- He declined to answer a direct question about the wiretapping case during a press conference at the Thessaloniki International Fair.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis declined to answer a direct question about the wiretapping case during a press conference at the Thessaloniki International Fair.
Asked directly whether any state agency had purchased Predator spyware, Mitsotakis did not provide a specific assurance that none had done so.
The question came from Georgia Sakoula, a journalist with Efimerida ton Syntakton. The exchange focused on whether state services had procured the surveillance software.
Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.