Dossier
Cellebrite
Coverage of Cellebrite in the Nexus archive.
- Russia Used Cellebrite on Jailed Activist's iPhone Months After Sales Cutoff
Russian authorities used Cellebrite's UFED forensic tools to break into the iPhone of detained opposition activist Andrey Pivovarov in June 2021, three months after Cellebrite stopped selling its tools and services to Russia and Belarus. The finding, published by Citizen Lab on June 25, is based on traces on the phone and an official Russian source.
- Russia used Cellebrite phone-hacking tool to crack down on dissident after firm cut off country
Russia used Cellebrite's phone-hacking tool to suppress dissent after the company ceased working with Russia in March 2021. Researchers suggest the firm has been unable to reclaim its technology from authoritarian government customers.