The team of independent digital security researchers at BARGHEST.asia found that Russian security forces during border inspections can, in a matter of seconds, download a list of contacts and call history from an unlocked Android phone via Bluetooth. The study was prompted by a real case: a human rights defender had their phone taken at the Russian border, was asked to unlock it, and it was returned five minutes later.

#Compelson #MOBILedit #InteriorMinistry #borderguards #SORM

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The CEO of the local division of the Russian IT corporation ITG, German Leontiev, was detained in the Netherlands. After that, ITG announced that it would withdraw infrastructure from the Netherlands, the United States, and Canada and scale back its presence in these countries.

#ITG #HermanLeontiev #DmitryGachko #Netherlands #Russia #SORM #specialservices #technology #FSB

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Programmer Ivan Kirsanov said that he worked on surveillance systems for the FSB and now lives in France. He also handed journalists an archive of technical documentation on SORM, which contained files from «MFI Soft» for 2021–2024.

#IvanKirsanov #MFISoft #Yarovayapackage #SORM #FSB #Citadel

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