Serbian authorities used spyware on phones of journalists and activists
Serbian authorities used spyware and Cellebrite's forensic extraction tools to hack the phones of journalists and activists. The specific number of victims, the dates of the attacks and measures to protect victims have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Malware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Phones of journalists and activists compromised
- Cause / method
- Phone hacking using spyware and Cellebrite forensic extraction tools
- Location
- Serbia
Timeline
- It was disclosed that Serbian authorities had used spyware and forensic extraction tools to hack journalists and activists.
- Allegations of hacking of Serbian activists' and journalists' phones received further coverage.
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