EYP: Ministers’ phones open to snooping

The phone conversations of ministers through familiar communication apps are not secure, according to a warning issued by the National Intelligence Service (EYP) to government and top state officials.

Kathimerini understands the warning was sent in a letter last week to government ministers, triggering concern and fueling scenarios regarding what really drove the country's intelligence agencies to take the initiative.

A well-informed source revealed to Kathimerini that in the letter, EYP briefed government officials that their telephone conversations as well as text messaging through the already known encrypted communication applications should not be considered secure and encrypted. It asks them not to use these applications for sensitive matters relating to government work, urging them to substitute another, less popular application, which has its roots in...