Greek prosecutor drops case against spy service over malware use

FILE PHOTO: A man types into a keyboard during the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece’s Supreme Court prosecutor has shelved a case against the intelligence service, EYP, as a preliminary probe by the court showed no evidence that the agency used illegal phone malware to spy on targets, the Athens News Agency reported on Tuesday.

The case stemmed from allegations by an opposition party leader and a journalist in 2022 that they had been under state surveillance via phone malware.