GR

GREECE

Intel Environment

Military Alliance	NATO
Interior Intelligence Services
Exterior Intelligence Services
Military Intelligence Services
SIGINT/COMINT Alliances

Telco/Carrier/ISP Environment

TYPE	NAME	OWNER	URL
GSM 900/1800 / 3G 2100	COSMOTE - Mobile Telecommunications S.A. (COSMOTE)	O	U
GSM 900 / 3G 2100	Vodafone-Panafon (vodafone)	O	U
GSM 900/1800 / 3G 2100	Wind Hellas Telecommunications S.A. (WIND)	O	U

Transnational Cables and Connections

Type	Name	Ownership	Connecting Point	Connection Points	URL/Notes
480 Gbits/s	SEA-ME-WE-3			Norden (DE) / Oostende (BE) / Goonhilly (GB) / Penmarch (FR) / Sesimbra (PT) / Tetuan (MA) / Mazara del Vallo (IT) / Chania (GR) / Marmaris (TR) / Yeroskipou (CY) / Alexandria (EG) / Suez (EG) / Jeddah (SA) / Djibouti (DJ) / Muscat (OM) / Fujairah (AE) / Karachi (PK) / Mumbai (IN) / Cochin (IN) / Mount Lavinia (LK) / Pyapon (MM) / Satun (TH) / Penang, (MY) (Where it meets the SAFE and the FLAG cables.) / Medan (IN) / Tuas (SG) / Jakarta (IN) / Perth (AU) / Mersing (MY) / Tungku (BN) / Da Nang (VN) / Batangas (PH) / Taipa (MO) / Deep Water Bay (HK) / Shantou (CN) / Fangshan (TW) / Toucheng (TW) / Shanghai (CN) / Keoje (KR) / Okinawa, (JP)	WP

SIGINT/COMINT Stations and Operators

Name	Location	Operator	Capabilities
	Iráklion, Crete	US INSCOM Site ?

Artcles

2023

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20221108	spiegel.de	Angebliche Überwachung eigener Minister: Griechischer Regierungschef verteidigt sich gegen Bespitzelungsvorwürfe - Hat Griechenlands Regierungschef Kyriakos Mitsotakis seine Minister abhören lassen? Einen entsprechenden Zeitungsbericht dementiert der Premier jetzt scharf, die Vorwürfe seien »schändlich«.	PREDAOTR / GR / EYP

2015

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20150929	spiegel.de	Neue Snowden-Dokumente: Wie die NSA sich auf Olympia vorbereitet	NSA / GR
20150929	theintercept.com	A Death in Athens - Did a Rogue NSA Operation Cause the Death of a Greek Telecom Employee?	GR / TSALIKIDIS, COSTAS / VODAFONE / BASIL, WILLIAM GEORGE / NSA / CIA / POUND, RICHARD ERIC / ERICSSON / LAWFUL INTERCEPTION / IMS
20150710	wikileaks.org	HACKINGTEAM: /etc/LISTA.txt	HACKINGTEAM / US / NL / BY / MY / TR / SA / KW / IN / ID / AE / GR / SG / CZ / IT / DE / FR / NO / RS / CY / LT / ZA / HU / PL / DK / NZ / ZW / SI / KR / VA / CH / ES / CA / MT / UY / VN / BG / KZ / MO / HR / GT / QA / AT / SB / JP / RO / NA / FI / SE / RU / BN / LB / GH
20150627	greekreporter.com	Greek Investigator’s Report Finds Evidence of Plot Against Former PM’s Life, ‘Silver Drachma’ Plan	GR
20150626	news.in.gr	Ολοκληρώθηκε η ανάκριση: Το πόρισμα για την υπόθεση υποκλοπών και το σχέδιο «Πυθία»	GR
20150626	ekathimerini.com	Magistrate lifts lid on Karamanlis wiretaps	GR / VODAFONE
20150216	keeptalkinggreece.com	Greek prosecutor issues arrest warrant against alleged CIA agent over wiretapping scandal	GR

2014

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20140619	rt.com	NSA uses 33 countries to intercept web traffic – Snowden Files	NSA / RAMPART-A / US / CA / NZ / GB / DZ / AT / BE / HR / CZ / DK / ET / FI / FR / DE / GR / HU / IN / IL / IT / JP / JO / KR / MK / NL / NO / PK / PL / RO / SA / SG / ES / SE / TW / TH / TN / TR / AE
20140618	firstlook.org	How Secret Partners Expand NSA’s Surveillance Dragnet	NSA / RAMPART-A / US / CA / NZ / GB / DZ / AT / BE / HR / CZ / DK / ET / FI / FR / DE / GR / HU / IN / IL / IT / JP / JO / KR / MK / NL / NO / PK / PL / RO / SA / SG / ES / SE / TW / TH / TN / TR / AE
20140606	theguardian.com	Vodafone reveals existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance: Wires allow agencies to listen to or record live conversations, in what privacy campaigners are calling a 'nightmare scenario'	VODAFONE / AL / AU / BE / CZ / CG / EG / FJ / FR / DE / GH / GR / HU / IN / IE / IT / KE / LS / MT / MZ / NL / NZ / PT / QA / RO / ZA / ES / TZ / TR / GB

2013

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20131029	faz.net	Griechenland Pangalos: Wir haben auch abgehört	GR
20131029	spiegel.de	Spähaffäre: Griechenland hörte US-Diplomaten ab	GR
20130923	wikileaks-press.org	US caught spying on Greek diplomatic communications in 2004-2005	GR / US
20130923	wikileaks-press.org	Translation: Courtcase Evidence: USA Espionage against Greece	GR
20130923	wikileaks-press.org	Translation: USA Espionage against Greece	GR
20130904	wikileaks.org	VERINT: Avner Turniansky	VERINT / TURNIANSKY, AVNER / IL / IT / US / ES / NG / CH / GR / TR
20130802	cryptome.org	NSA X-KEYSCORE Server Sites	XKEYSCORE / US / MX / HN / CR / PA / VE / CO / EC / BR / GB / FR / DE / AT / IT / ES / PL / BY / RU / RO / GR / CZ / DZ / MA / EG / SD / SO / CM / NA / ZW / SA / TR / IQ / KW / BH / QA / AE / UZ / KG / AF / PK / IN / JP / CN / PH / MM / TH / KH / MY / AU / NZ
20130701	spiegel.de	US-Abhördienst: NSA spähte weitere europäische Botschaften aus	NSA / EU / FR / IT / GR / JP / MX / KR / IN / TR
20130630	guardian.co.uk	New NSA leaks show how US is bugging its European allies - Exclusive: Edward Snowden papers reveal 38 targets including EU, France and Italy	NSA / DROPMIRE / EU / FR / IT / GR / JP / MX / KR / IN / TR / PERDIDO / BLACKFOOT / WABASH / BRUNEAU / HEMLOCK / POWELL / KLONDYKE

2011

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20110914	epikaira.gr	Στοιχεία της δικογραφίας για την κατασκοπεία των ΗΠΑ σε βάρος της Ελλάδας	GR
20110907	epikaira.gr	Αποκάλυψη: Κατασκοπεία των ΗΠΑ σε βάρος της Ελλάδας!	GR
04.09.2011	cellular-news.com	Greek Prosecutors File Charges in Vodafone Wiretapping Scandal	GR

2007

Date	Source	Title	Tags
10.07.2007	spectrum.ieee.org	The Athens Affair	GR

2006

Date	Source	Title	Tags
15.12.2006	heise.de	Vodafone Griechenland soll 76 Millionen Euro Strafe zahlen	GR
22.08.2006	bradblog.com	The Men Who Knew Too Much? NSA Wiretapping Whistleblowers Found Dead in Italy and Greece	GR / TSALIKIDIS, COSTAS / IT / BOVE, ADAMO
16.08.2006	news.ncmonline.com	Security Experts' 'Suicides' Called Into Question -- European Media Probe Dangers of Secret Surveillance Systems	GR
02.07.2006	Guadian	Vodafone's 'tappers' named: Criticism of mobile giant mounts with evidence that its Greek operation shut down devices before eavesdroppers could be traced	GR VODAFONE
20060622	schneier.com	Greek Wiretapping Scandal	GR / ERICSSON / VODAFONE
21.06.2006	Wall Street Journal	ON THE HOOK: Vodafone, Ericsson Get Hung Up In Greece's Phone-Tap Scandal - Bugging of Nation's Leaders Points to Security Holes, Sets Off Multiple Probes - Technician's Mysterious Death	GR / VODAFONE / ERICSSON / TSALIKIDIS, COSTAS
24.03.2006	bbc.co.uk	Death muddies Greek spy probe	GR / VODAFONE / TSALIKIDIS, COSTAS
12.03.2006	guardian.co.uk	Wrong signals over Greek phone-tapping scandal - 'Who is Big Brother?' politicians are asking as Vodafone struggles to exonerate the firm from Greece's 'Watergate'. Helena Smith reports from Athens	GR / KORONIAS, GIORGOS / TSALIKIDIS, COSTAS
07.02.2006	hri.org	Greek Government Press Briefing, 06-02-07	GR
06.02.2006	hri.org	Greek Government Press Briefing, 06-02-06	GR
03.02.2006	Spiegel Online	Spionageskandal: Griechenlands Premier wurde abgehört	GR
03.02.2006	Telepolis	Hellasgate: Abhörskandal in Griechenland: Wer war der Lauscher im Mobilfunknetz?	GR
02.02.2006	hri.org	Greek Government Press Briefing, 06-02-02	GR

Events

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_wiretapping_case_2004%E2%80%9305
• http://www.ypoklopes.gr/

Unconfirmed Rumors

• Atis/Uher Installed Countrywide Telco-Surveillance System in/around 2008 ? Confirmation/Quotations needed