Spyware company Intellexa fined €50,000 for holding up Greek inquiry

Greece’s Data Protection Authority (DPA) has issued the Israeli-owned spyware consortium Intellexa a €50,000 fine (about $54,000) for failing to comply with its investigations into the use of the controversial technology.

The DPA’s inquiry was launched following press reports in Greece which claimed that senior public figures — including the chief of national defense staff and the leadership of the political opposition — had been placed under surveillance.

The agency said its investigation is focusing on “cases of the installation …

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