“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab.

Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou’s device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committee

Security researchers found evidence that Russian authorities hacked the iPhone of a political opponent using a phone-unlocking device made by Cellebrite, even after the company said it would stop sell...

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 a...

New regulations published by Russia's Ministry of Digital Development at the end of May updated the technical standards governing SORM, formally known as the System for Operative Investigative Activit...

In 2025, Graphite spyware was discovered on the phones of Italian journalists and activists. Prosecutors have not yet received answers from Paragon, the Israeli spyware maker

Greece’s spyware scandal remains a live test case for Europe’s rule of law, according to Ron Deibert, founder and director of Citizen Lab, who warned in Athens that the global expansion of the commerc...

Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia

On Tuesday, Zambia’s Minister of Technology and Science offered the first hint that the conference would be cancelled, telling a Zambian news outlet that participants’ security clearances were incompl...

Tabani Moyo, Regional Secretariat Director of the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA), on the cancellation of RightsCon in Zambia and its effects on World Press Freedom Day celebrations.

Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia

RightsCon was delayed by Zambia's Ministry of Information for "thematic issues" and problems with speakers.

RightsCon was delayed by Zambia's Ministry of Information for "thematic issues" and problems with speakers.

Access Now, the group that organizes RightsCon, says Zambian officials asked it to exclude Taiwanese participants if it wanted the event to proceed as planned.

The Zambian government's decision to postpone RightsCon 2026, effectively canceling the summit, raises concerns about the authorities' commitment to free expression and assembly and about possible Chinese government interference.

Eine der wichtigsten Konferenzen zu digitalen Grund- und Menschenrechten sollte diese Woche in Sambia stattfinden. Doch die Veranstaltung in dem südafrikanischen Land wurde kurzfristig abgesagt. Die V...

RightsCon’s cancellation should inspire a reckoning with China’s influence, writes Michael Caster, head of the Global China Program at ARTICLE 19.

Eine der wichtigsten Konferenzen zu digitalen Grund- und Menschenrechten sollte diese Woche in Sambia stattfinden. Doch die Veranstaltung in dem südafrikanischen Land wurde kurzfristig abgesagt. Die V...

RightsCon was delayed by Zambia's Ministry of Information for "thematic issues" and problems with speakers.

The U.S.-based organizers of an international human rights conference say they have canceled next week's summit in the African nation of Zambia after pressure from China to exclude activists from Taiwan.

Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia

Spyware maker NSO Group trumpeted the company’s participation in the Pall Mall Process, which drew criticism from civil society leaders and government officials who called out human rights abuses.

Spyware maker NSO Group trumpeted the company’s participation in the Pall Mall Process, which drew criticism from civil society leaders and government officials who called out human rights abuses.

SentinelLABS uncovers a coordinated spearphishing campaign targeting organizations critical to Ukraine's war relief efforts.

“These strikes are Russia’s spit in the face of anyone who insists on a peaceful solution,” rages Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.