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Citizen Lab Finds Cellebrite Tool Used on Kenyan Activist’s Phone in Police Custody

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Cellebrite Technology Used to Hack Kenyan Dissident's Phone Citizen Lab reported that Kenyan authorities utilized Cellebrite's phone-cracking technology to access the device of Boniface Mwangi, a prominent human rights activist, following his arrest during mass protests in July 2025. The report indicates a troubling trend in the misuse of commercial surveillance tools against dissidents and activists in Kenya. 9 sources 24

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