Predator Case Moves From Convictions to Civil Claims
Commercial spyware vendors are now facing both criminal punishment and civil damages over the same operation, so the risk no longer ends with the original spying scandal. The new suit turns Predator from a past abuse case into a continuing accountability fight for the companies and officials tied to it.
Eight Greek victims sued Intellexa and 13 individuals for about €7.6 million after the 2022 Predator scandal came to light. That scandal had already forced the resignations of Greece’s intelligence chief and the prime minister’s chief of staff, and in February a Greek court sentenced Intellexa’s founder and three associates to prison; the plaintiffs include a former Meta security manager, journalists, lawyers, and former police and intelligence officials.
The case now keeps vendor roles, customer roles, and internal division of labor under legal scrutiny through a trial set for April 2027. For government buyers and investigators, the hard part is no longer just what spyware did on phones, but what the record says about who used it and who benefited from it.