Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'

Jeff Bezos with Mohammed bin Salman
during his visit to the US in March 2018.
\Photograph: Saudi Press Agency

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The Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had his mobile phone “hacked” in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message that had apparently been sent from the personal account of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, sources have told the Guardian.

The encrypted message from the number used by Mohammed bin Salman is believed to have included a malicious file that infiltrated the phone of the world’s richest man, according to the results of a digital forensic analysis.

This analysis found it “highly probable” that the intrusion into the phone was triggered by an infected video file sent from the account of the Saudi heir to Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post.


Full story at The Guardian.
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner.