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Russia used Cellebrite phone-hacking tool to crack down on dissident after firm cut off country

·Source: The Record

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Executive Summary

The continued use of the powerful data extraction product soon after the company in March 2021 said it would stop working with Russia suggests the firm has been unable to pull back its technology from authoritarian government customers, researchers say.

Analysis

The continued use of the powerful data extraction product soon after the company in March 2021 said it would stop working with Russia suggests the firm has been unable to pull back its technology from authoritarian government customers, researchers say.
Source Attribution

Originally published by The Record on Jun 25, 2026.

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