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Kenyan authorities used Israeli spyware to breach activist Mwangi’s phone, report finds

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Source: The Guardian
Kenyan authorities used Israeli spyware to breach activist Mwangi’s phone, report finds
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Citizen Lab says Kenyan police used Cellebrite’s Israeli spyware to crack pro-democracy activist Boniface Mwangi’s phone while in custody, potentially extracting all data. The finding adds to concerns about government misuse of digital-forensics tools; Cellebrite says it reviews misuse and Amnesty International warns such tech can intimidate dissent.

Topics:world#activism#cellebrite#digital-rights#kenya#surveillance#world
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  4. Citizen Lab: Kenyan authorities used Cellebrite to break into phone of dissident  The Record from Recorded Future News
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