Greek Victims Sue Intellexa for €7.6M Over Predator Spyware Scandal
Eight Greek citizens confirmed to have been targeted by the Predator commercial spyware suite have filed a civil lawsuit against Intellexa, the Cyprus-based surveillance vendor, and 13 individuals tied to the company. The plaintiffs are seeking approximately €7.6 million ($8.7 million) in total compensation, according to their attorney Zacharias Kesses. The suit alleges illegal violations of privacy, communications confidentiality, and personal data protection resulting from confirmed infections of their devices with the Predator implant. Concerned readers can run a privacy checkup to assess their own exposure to surveillance tooling.
The scandal first surfaced in 2022, when forensic analysis uncovered traces of Predator on dozens of phones belonging to journalists, lawyers, and security officials across Greece. The fallout triggered the resignation of the head of Greece's national intelligence service (EYP) and the prime minister's chief of staff. In February 2025, a Greek court convicted Intellexa founder Tal Dilian and three associates, sentencing them to a combined 126+ years in prison — though under Greek sentencing guidelines, they will serve a maximum of eight years. A civil trial is scheduled to begin in April 2027.
Plaintiffs include former Meta security manager and journalist Thanassis Koukakis, two attorneys, a former director of the Hellenic Police's Forensic Laboratories, a former EYP chief, journalist Spyridon Sideris, and a former intelligence and law enforcement official. Kesses stated the filings expose the structure and role distribution of the network of companies and individuals involved in developing, distributing, and operating Predator, marking a significant step toward accountability for commercial spyware vendors and their government clients. Individuals worried about device-level compromise can evaluate their exposure with our browser fingerprint test and port scanner.
Dilian has pushed back against the verdict, telling a Greek outlet in March that Intellexa sold Predator exclusively to government customers and that he is being scapegoated for the Greek government's own surveillance operations. He claims Intellexa provides the technology but plays no role in target selection, accusing EYP and state authorities of orchestrating a "conspiratorial criminal act" to conceal their activities. Intellexa remains free pending the outcome of its appeal, while the latest lawsuit extends the legal and regulatory reckoning surrounding commercial spyware into 2026 and beyond.