Citizen Lab Finds Cellebrite Tool Used on Kenyan Activist’s Phone in Police Custody
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Recent investigative reports document misuse of commercial forensic and spyware tools against civil society: Citizen Lab attributes a full-device extraction via Cellebrite on a Kenyan activist's seized phone in July 2025, and Amnesty/Recorded Future/others confirmed a Predator spyware infection against an Angolan journalist in May 2024. The coverage details technical indicators, infection vectors (including WhatsApp infection links), anti-forensics and indicator-suppression techniques, and situates these cases within a wider pattern of government-enabled surveillance using mercenary spyware.
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