Cellebrite—Boasted about being 'instrumental' in providing phone hacking to Israeli intelligence since October 7th
Cellebrite publicly stated it had been 'instrumental' in providing phone hacking services to Israeli intelligence agencies since October 7, 2023. The company's tools were used to harvest data from phones of thousands of Palestinians captured from Gaza—the Israeli military later admitted the vast majority were civilians. Cellebrite also received Pentagon funding in 2024 to develop products to map Hamas operatives and Gaza tunnels.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Military & Defense Contracts | +toward | primary | -1.00 |
| User Privacy | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.590 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Boasted about being 'instrumental' in providing phone hacking to Israeli intelligence since October 7th
Cellebrite publicly stated it had been 'instrumental' in providing phone hacking services to Israeli intelligence agencies since October 7, 2023. The company's tools were used to harvest data from phones of thousands of Palestinians captured from Gaza—the Israeli military later admitted the vast majority were civilians. Cellebrite also received Pentagon funding in 2024 to develop products to map Hamas operatives and Gaza tunnels.