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June 26, 2026 at 08:49 UTC
Russia Used Cellebrite on Jailed Activist's iPhone Months After Sales Cutoff
By [email protected] (The Hacker News)
AI Summary
Citizen Lab confirmed that Russian authorities used Cellebrite UFED forensic tools to extract data from the iPhone of opposition activist Andrey Pivovarov in June 2021 — three months after Cellebrite publicly stated it had ceased sales and services to Russia and Belarus. The finding demonstrates that export controls and vendor contract terminations are insufficient to prevent continued use of commercially sold surveillance technology by authoritarian governments.
Relevance score: 81.0/100
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