Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Alleged use of FirstMile in Brazilian political surveillance
O Globo reported that Brazil’s intelligence agency used FirstMile to monitor the phones of political opponents during the first three years of Jair Bolsonaro’s administration.
2023
Alleged interception-technology sale to Myanmar
Reuters reported that documents named Cognyte as the winning vendor for a lawful-interception gateway intended for Myanmar’s state-owned telecommunications operator. The reporting raised questions about export licensing and the potential use of interception capabilities by Myanmar authorities after the military coup.
2022
Exclusion from Norway’s sovereign wealth fund
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund excluded Cognyte over concerns that its products and services may have contributed to serious human-rights violations.
2021
Meta account-network investigation
Meta said it removed approximately 100 accounts linked to Cognyte because the company’s tools could be used to operate fake-account networks on social media. Meta reported that journalists and politicians in multiple countries were among the targets.