One of the most spectacular cell-system penetration ever - archive
Jul 5th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Security, WiretappingIEEE Spectrum
The Athens Affair
By: Vassilis Prevelakis and Diomidis Spinellis
On 9 March 2005, a 38-year-old Greek electrical engineer named Costas Tsalikidis was found hanged in his Athens loft apartment, an apparent suicide. It would prove to be merely the first public news of a scandal that would roil Greece for months.
The next day, the prime minister of Greece was told that his cellphone was being bugged, as were those of the mayor of Athens and at least 100 other high-ranking dignitaries, including an employee of the U.S. embassy.
