Serbian Authorities Allegedly Used AI-Powered Cellebrite Tools to Unlock Journalist’s Phone and Install Spyware
Date: 2024-12-16
Affected: Cellebrite, Government Of Serbia, Serbian Police, Serbian Security Information Agency (bia), Surveillance Technology Developers
Attack vector: other
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #961: Serbian Authorities Allegedly Used AI-Powered Cellebrite Tools to Unlock Journalist’s Phone and Install Spyware. Alleged deployer/developer: Cellebrite, Government Of Serbia, Serbian Police, Serbian Security Information Agency (bia), Surveillance Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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