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Russia allegedly used Cellebrite tools to hack activist's phone

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Russian authorities allegedly utilized Cellebrite's digital forensics platform to access the phone of activist Andrey Pivovarov, despite the company having terminated its contract with Russian customers. The University of Toronto's Citizen Lab found evidence of Cellebrite tools being used on Pivovarov's iPhone 12 in June 2021, after Cellebrite claims it cut off access. Cellebrite stated that any subsequent use of its hardware in Russia was unauthorized and predated the contract termination. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential misuse of digital forensics tools by state actors, raising concerns about privacy and surveillance.

RANK_REASON The article discusses the alleged misuse of a specific digital forensics tool by a government, rather than a new release or core AI research.

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Russia allegedly used Cellebrite tools to hack activist's phone

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Matt Tate) ·

    Russia allegedly used a forensics platform to hack an activist's phone, despite having its access cut off

    Cellebrite claims the hardware predates current sanctions and was used without its consent.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Russia allegedly used a forensics platform to hack an activist's phone, despite having its access cut off Cellebrite claims the hardware predates current sanc

    📰 Russia allegedly used a forensics platform to hack an activist's phone, despite having its access cut off Cellebrite claims the hardware predates current sanctions and was used without its consent. 📰 Source: Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews 🔗 Link: https://www.engadg…

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