Embattled leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is facing calls to resign after state intelligence monitored opposition party
For much of last week thunderstorms and torrential rain swept Athens, marking a dramatic end to a summer otherwise electrified by talk of spyware, cyber-mercenaries, espionage and eavesdropping.
“You wanted to have absolute control over developments in the third [biggest] party so as to ensure control over political developments ahead of a new parliamentary law of proportional representation which requires governments of coalition.”Since assuming power after the nation’s prolonged financial crisis, Mitsotakis, 54, had been regarded as a safe pair of hands, a conservative liberal considered a rare success story by the European right.
In a controversial move, made within weeks of assuming office in July 2019, Mitsotakis took control of EYP, which had previously been under the oversight of the interior ministry. On Friday, Mitsotakis rejected any suggestion his government had invested in the notorious spyware, echoing repeated denials by officials.
The politician is not the only victim.In April, the Toronto-based Citizen Lab found evidence of Predator being used to hack the phone of Thanasis Koukakis, a journalist well known for investigating the Greek banking and business world. Like Androulakis, Koukakis is taking legal action.
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