Serbian police used Cellebrite zero-day hack to unlock Android phones

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Serbian police used Cellebrite zero-day hack to unlock Android phones

Serbian authorities have reportedly used an Android zero-day exploit chain developed by Cellebrite to unlock the device of a student activist in the country and attempt to install spyware.

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Israeli company Cellebrite bans Serbia after spyware used against country's journalists

A report revealed that Serbia's security agency installed spyware after unlocking smartphones, misusing Cellebrite technologies. 'We assess countries we do business with,' the company said, announcing that Serbia will no longer have access to its products

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Serbian authorities misused spy technologies: student detained, phone hacked with Cellebrite software, attempt to install spyware.

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Cellebrite enables law enforcement agencies to access mobile devices. Serbia is said to have used this against civil society and has been suspended.