Lawmakers in Greece have approved legislation banning commercial spyware and reforming rules for legally-sanctioned wiretaps following allegations that senior government officials and journalists had been targeted by shadowy surveillance software.
FILE - Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis holds his cellphone during a parliament session in Athens, Greece, Friday Aug. 26, 2022. Lawmakers in Greece on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 were debating draft legislation to outlaw commercial spyware following weeks of allegations that senior government officials may have been targeted.
Reports followed in the news media that cell phones belonging to members of the cabinet as well as other senior officials and journalists may have been targeted with powerful Predator spyware. “Was the NIS monitoring other politicians besides Mr. Androulakis? The heads of the armed forces? members of the European Parliament, yes or no?” opposition leader Alexis Tsipras, who heads the left-wing Syriza party, said in parliament. “I hope the answer is 'no′ and I expect to hear it clearly. But if it turns out that you are lying, you will be duty-bound to resign.”
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