Black Cube and Intellexa thrived in Greece, Cyprus, Slovenia, amid Brussels inaction – EUalive
Cyprus hosted one surveillance empire and became the target of another. Greece delivered a landmark conviction, but both cases remain openOn 26 February 2026, an Athens court convicted four individuals linked to spyware firm Intellexa for the illegal surveillance of at least 87 people in Greece. The defendants, Intellexa founder Tal Dilian, his business partner Sara Hamou, shareholder Felix Bitzios, and Krikel owner Yiannis Lavranos, each received combined sentences of 126 years and eight months, capped at eight years under Greek misdemeanor law. All four remain free pending appeal.Predator scandal: Greek state responsibility back in spotlightThe conviction was the first of its kind in the European Union. It did not close the wider market that made the case possible.Days earlier, a separat...










