Tal Dilian says Predator spyware was sold legally to Greek state, PASOK calls for Supreme Court probe

Tal Dilian, founder of the Israeli firm Intellexa, has filed a defamation lawsuit in an Israeli court in which he states that he sold the Predator surveillance software to Greek state authorities and that the transaction was "entirely legal." The filing, made public by victims’ lawyer Zacharias Kesses, urges Greece’s Supreme Court prosecutor, Evangelos Bakélas, to obtain the sale documents, summon Dilian for testimony and launch a full investigation.

The case is linked to the wider phone‑tapping scandal in Greece, where Predator was allegedly used to monitor politicians, senior officials and military leaders. PASOK, the main opposition party, has formally demanded the prosecutor’s intervention, citing recent remarks by former Prime Minister aide Grigoris Dimitriades and stressing the need for “light, research and truth.”

The Israeli court proceedings are pending and are expected to be heard in the coming months. Greek prosecutors now have a new legal basis to examine the alleged illegal surveillance and the role of foreign technology providers.