Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used its tools anyway

According to TechCrunch, security researchers have found evidence that Russian authorities used Cellebrite's phone-unlocking tools to hack into the iPhone of a political opponent—despite Cellebrite's public statement that it would stop selling to Russia. The discovery undercuts the company's claim and raises hard questions about whether corporate pledges to restrict sales to authoritarian regimes can actually be enforced.

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