Eight victims of a Greek wiretapping scandal have sued the Athens-based surveillance firm Intellexa SA and individuals believed to be linked to it, seeking €1 ​million ($1.1 million) each for moral harm, their lawyer said on Tuesday.

We found that former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was hacked with Pegasus spyware while serving on the PEGA committee, which investigated Pegasus and other spyware abuses in Europe. Through forensic analysis of his device, we found that the attackers could have had access to confidential documents and committee deliberations.

The founder of the commercial spyware firm Intellexa, recently convicted in a landmark wiretapping trial, says his company sells its technology exclusively to governments—an admission opposition leaders claim proves the state orchestrated a massive domestic espionage campaign.

In what became known as "Greece's Watergate", surveillance software called Predator was used to target 87 people.

Four people go on trial accused of misdemeanours but opponents ask why no government officials have been charged.