Greece is one of the countries that supplied the Predator software, which is alleged to have been used for surveillance of journalists, as Google officially stated in a post.
«We estimate with great certainty that these exploits [i.e. the application Predator] were manufactured by a single commercial surveillance company, the Cytrox, and sold at different government agencies (...). According to the findings of the CitizenLab, we estimate that the government agencies buying these exploits are (at least) in the Egypt, the Armenia, the Greece, the Madagascar, the Ivory Coast, the Serbia, the Spain and the Indonesia», says Google.
See Google's post in detail here
Thanasis Koukakis: The government said that it did not supply the Predator
Commenting on Google's post, the journalist Thanasis Koukakis who complained that the EEAS was monitoring his cell phone with Predator application He reported: «Now Google is also officially reporting that Predator monitoring software has been sold to government agencies in Greece, and even as contamination software for Android phones. The government claims that it has not purchased Predator.».
Now Google is officially reporting that the Predator monitoring software has been sold to government agencies in Greece and even as an infection software for Android phones. The government claims that it has not purchased Predator https://t.co/1Ggnr7GIVC pic.twitter.com/RtUqWfWyNx
- Thanasis Koukakis (@nasoskook) May 20, 2022
Indeed, it notes that «Google's disclosure essentially shows that the Predator surveillance software has been sold as an entire package of services, not just for iPhone and Android phones».
Google's revelation essentially shows that the Predator monitoring software has been sold as a whole package of services and is not only for iPhones but also for Android phones.
- Thanasis Koukakis (@nasoskook) May 20, 2022
