Greeks fine firm over phone-tapping scandal

A Greek privacy watchdog today fined mobile-phone operator Vodafone £51m (€76.1m) over a wiretapping scandal that involved the illegal monitoring of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis.

The committee ruled that the operator failed adequately to protect the network from unknown hackers who used a legitimate surveillance system to spy on top Greek officials during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.