UN experts demand probe into claim Jeff Bezos' phone was hacked by Saudi Arabia

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'The alleged hacking of Mr Bezos's phone, and those of others, demands immediate investigation by US and other relevant authorities,' UN Special Rapporteurs said.

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The 2018 intrusion into the device led to the release of intimate images of Amazon founder Bezos, whose Post newspaper employed as a contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist murdered later that same year at Riyadh’s consulate in Istanbul. The Guardian earlier reported that the encrypted message from the number used by Prince Mohammed is believed to have included a malicious file that infiltrated Bezos’s phone, according to a digital forensic analysis.

In March last year de Becker said he concluded that Saudi Arabian authorities hacked the Amazon chief’s phone to access his personal data.

 

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