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Cellebrite blocked Serbia from using its solution because misuse of the equipment for political reasons
- Cellebrite blocked Serbia from using its solution after reports of police using it to unlock and infect phones of a journalist and activist.
- Amnesty International's report revealed Serbian police used Cellebrite tools to install spyware like NoviSpy on activists' phones.
- NoviSpy allows surveillance by capturing personal data and remotely activating microphones or cameras, though less advanced than Pegasus.
- Cellebrite UFED exploits were used to secretly install NoviSpy during police interviews, revealed Amnesty International.
- Cellebrite suspended its technology provision to Serbia due to reported abuse, following an investigation aligned with ethics policies.
- Amnesty International stated the misuse of Cellebrite tools for political reasons necessitates investigations, accountability, and safeguards.
- Serbian journalist Milanov's case revealed Cellebrite tool usage by police to unlock his phone and install NoviSpy spyware.
- Cellebrite UFED product was misused to covertly bypass security features, infecting devices with NoviSpy, as per Amnesty International.
- Amnesty International discovered Cellebrite UFED exploited a Qualcomm vulnerability in the spyware infections case in Serbia.
- Other targets of the spyware campaign included activist Nikola Ristić, environmentalist Ivan Milosavljević Buki, and an NGO representative.
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