Services Australia rejects senator request for details of Cellebrite contract
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Wired
Services Australia has rejected a senator's request to disclose its contract with Cellebrite for the company to provide technology to help prevent criminal activity.
Cellebrite, an Israeli digital intelligence company, is best known for its controversial phone-cracking technology, which it previously claimed could download most data from almost any device on behalf of government agencies.
During Senate Estimates in October, Greens Senator Janet Rice had asked Services Australia various questions about the agency's decision to procure vendor services from Cellebrite, with a request to see a copy of the Cellebrite contract being among them. Services Australia at the time took that request on notice.
