Vas Panagiotopoulos

Vas Panagiotopoulos is a Melbourne-based journalist who regularly contributes to WIRED, and a researcher at Deakin University in Australia, specializing in the commercial spyware industry and its influence on political systems. His journalistic work has appeared in Politico, Quartz, Vice, the European Journalism Observatory, openDemocracy and the investigative outlet Follow the Money, among others. Since 2017, he has served as Greece correspondent for Reporters Without Borders (RSF), advocating for spyware victims, including journalists, and co-developing RSF’s surveillance policy proposals for the Greek government. He has a background in EU public affairs and corporate communications.