“France’s state energy firm EDF has been fined 1.5m by a Paris court for spying on Greenpeace.”
“The energy company’s former security chief was sentenced to three years in prison for employing a firm to hack into the energy watchdog’s computers.”
See Guardian article “EDF fined 1.5m for spying on Greenpeace” from where the above extracts are taken.
This is not the first time that energy giants have resorted to spying operations against Greenpeace.