Posted 4/1/2024, 3:01:00 PM
Austrian Spy Arrested for Selling Ministers' Phone Data to Russia After Tip-Off in Bulgarian Espionage Probe
- Austrian spy Egisto Ott arrested for selling ministers' phone data to Russia after tip from British investigation into Bulgarian spy ring
- Phones cloned after ministers capsized canoeing, data sold to former Austrian intelligence exec Martin Weiss
- Weiss believed to be paid by fugitive ex-Wirecard exec Jan Marsalek, linked to Russian intel
- Leaked info from phones led to dropped corruption probes against Austrian politicians
- Austria's chancellor calls national security meeting to address "grave" spying allegations amid concerns over Russian infiltration of political parties