Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called it a scandal, but no government officials have been charged in court and critics accuse the government of trying to cover up the truth. This Predator spyware, which is marketed by the Athens-based Israeli company Intellexa, can get access to a device's messages, camera, and microphone – turning a person's phone against them. Things escalated after Androulakis also discovered that he had been tracked for "national security reasons" by Greece's National Intelligence Service (EYP). A new law passed in 2022 has since legalised state security use of surveillance software under strict conditions. Two of the accused are said to have ties with state officials, but it was never seriously investigated, opposition and watchdogs said.