Earlier this month, the Canadian government announced that it had signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime. Speaking with Michael Geist of Law Bytes, senior research associate Kate Robertson argues that the convention is a cross-border surveillance and electronic evidence sharing agreement that Canada originally opposed, which carries significant adverse implications around the world for […]
The OCCRP found that the co-founder of NSO Group, which develops Pegasus spyware, travelled to Panama in 2013 on an Israeli diplomatic passport.
Senior fellow Gary Miller spoke with Cape Cellular about the exploitation of mobile network vulnerabilities to track US personnel during the Iran war.
Senior research fellow Gary Miller spoke to Financial Times about attempts to exploit mobile network vulnerabilities to track US personnel during the Iran war.
Research fellow Bill Robinson speaks with The Globe and Mail about CSE spending.
This event is hosted by the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS). Join the Citizen Lab at the 26th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) in Calgary from July 20th-25th. Senior researchers John Scott-Railton and Rebekah Brown will be presenting keynote speeches. Citizen Lab researchers will also be presenting “Banned Books: Analysis of Censorship on Amazon.com,” which […]
Senior research fellow Jon Penney and co-author Bruce Schneier argue that widely deploying AI surveillance could be corrosive to democracy.
We found that former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was hacked with Pegasus spyware while serving on the PEGA committee, which investigated Pegasus and other spyware abuses in Europe. Through forensic analysis of his device, we found that the attackers could have had access to confidential documents and committee deliberations.
Senior research associate Emile Dirks has been elected to serve as a member of PEN Canada’s board of directors.
We analyzed Russian activist Andrey Pivovarov’s phone, finding that Russian authorities used forensic extraction tools made by Cellebrite to gain access to his device. A document prepared by Russian authorities confirms that Cellebrite was used to extract information to aid in Pivovarov’s prosecution. Importantly, we found that authorities continued to use Cellebrite for political repression even after the company had cancelled its contracts with Russian customers.
