EU Firm Sold Phone-Hacking Software to Myanmar Junta’s Police

Pro-democracy activists have urged the Czech government to investigate a Prague-based digital forensics company for selling phone-hacking software to the Myanmar junta’s police force in violation of EU law.

Justice for Myanmar said Compelson s.r.o. sold multiple licences of MOBILedit Forensic Pro software to the Myanmar police. The software is used to extract data from mobile phones, including bypassing security protections and retrieving deleted data from messenger apps.

JFM warned the app enables the regime “to target, surveil, and arbitrarily detain those it deems a threat.”