Breach
Signal hacks the phone-cracking box
2021Signal's creator published vulnerabilities in Cellebrite's extraction software, arguing its reports could be tampered with — undermining its reliability as court evidence.
AY
Individual
Avi Yablonka
Co-founder
Co-founded Cellebrite in 1999 in Petah Tikva, Israel. The company's first product was a data backup and transfer device used at cellular operators' customer service stations before it pivoted to mobile forensics.
On the record
Companies
Incidents in their orbit
Investigation
Sold to authoritarian regimes
2021Cellebrite's tools were sold to governments including Belarus, Myanmar, and Russia and used against activists and journalists, prompting later sales restrictions.