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Russia used Israeli firm’s tool to crack phone

Published Thursday, June 25, 2026 · Updated June 26

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A report by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab research unit found that Russian authorities used phone cracking tools from the Israeli company Cellebrite to access a political prisoner's phone. This occurred months after Cellebrite publicly stated it had canceled its contracts with Russia.

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  • Russian authorities used tools from the Israeli company Cellebrite to break into the phone of a political prisoner, months after the company said it cancelled its contracts with Russia, an investigation by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab research unit has found.

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Ethical Implications of Surveillance Technology
  • The Guardian

    The Guardian emphasizes the ethical implications of Cellebrite's technology being used by authoritarian states for surveillance, highlighting corporate responsibility and human rights concerns.

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