Russia Used Cellebrite on Jailed Activist's iPhone After Sales Cutoff
Citizen Lab reported that Russian authorities used Cellebrite’s UFED forensic tools to access the iPhone of activist Andrey Pivovarov in June 2021. This occurred three months after Cellebrite publicly stated it would cease sales and services to Russia and Belarus. The findings, based on phone traces and official Russian documents, raise questions about the effectiveness of such sales restrictions.