The Israeli company made an official statement that it completely ceases to implement its software for hacking phones in the Russian Federation and Belarus. The company went to such a step, because its software solutions are used "against minorities, journalists, democratic, oppositionists.
Cellebrite specializes in the development of solutions for digital intelligence. On March 19, in the Israeli company, they stated that they refuse to implement their programs for hacking and surveys to Belarus and Russia, because they are used by the authorities of these countries to hack devices of representatives of minorities and opposition.
The decision was made against the background of the disclosure of confidential documents in July 2020, which indicated that CelleBrite technologies were actively procured and used by the authorities in the Russian Federation "To persecute political figures and minority groups in the Russian Federation."
After the disclosure of the documentation in Cellebrite promised that soon stop selling its hacker instruments in Russia and Belarus. Previously, the Israeli developer stated that "does not sell its technology to countries with dictatorial regimes."
Jossi Karmil, head of Cellebrite, said: "When carrying out our usual business transactions, we are constant working on updating our own compliance policy. This allows us to ensure that our activities are conducted in accordance with generally accepted global regulations, agreements. CelleBrite with the help of its technology provides law enforcement agencies and private companies to make our society as safe as possible. We offer decisions to help on fully legal reasons to obtain digital evidence during a criminal investigation and civil proceedings. "
ITAY MAK, Israeli lawyer and human rights activist, found out that Cellebrite technologies are used by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for surveillance with representatives of the LGBT community, oppositionists in Russia.
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