Head of Greece intelligence resigns following spyware scandal

The Greek Prime Minister's office announced on Friday the resignation of the head of Greece's intelligence service, Panagiotis Kontoleon, amid an alleged spyware scandal against a politician and journalist using the illegal surveillance malware, Predator. The Greek government's statement noted: "The national intelligence head submitted his resignation, which was accepted by the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis." The government ruled out "any involvement of the state in the alleged spying operation," while Greek and foreign journalist unions expressed their "concern" regarding the freedom of the press in Greece. READ: Iran arrests third Israel-linked spy network in less than a week The resignation comes one week after discovering the attempt to use the spyware programme, Predator, to spy on Nikos Androulakis, leader […] Source

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