Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert gave a keynote speech about the Greek spyware scandal at an event hosted by Eteron think tank in Athens in May. He described how the Citizen Lab helped bring to light the use of Intellexa’s Predator spyware against Greek journalists and political figures, triggering national and European investigations. 

Deibert noted that the investigative journalists working on the case are the real heroes, as “revealing what happens behind closed doors is essential to liberal democracy.”