Serbian authorities using spyware to illegally surveil activists, report finds

Advanced mobile forensics products being used to illegally extract data from mobile devices, Amnesty finds

Police and intelligence services in Serbia are using advanced mobile forensics products and previously unknown spyware to illegally surveil journalists, environmental campaigners and civil rights activists, according to a report.

The report shows how mobile forensic products from the Israeli firm Cellebrite are used to unlock and extract data from individuals’ mobile devices, which are being infected with a new Android spyware system, NoviSpy.

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