Citizen Lab Finds Cellebrite Tool Used by Kenyan Authorities Against Activist

Citizen Lab, a research unit at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, identified evidence that Kenyan authorities used Cellebrite’s commercial forensic extraction tool to access a Kenyan activist’s phone while in police custody. The incident represents a documented case of the technology being deployed against civil society. No specific dates, technical details of the extraction method, or broader impacts were disclosed in the available content.