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MBS May Be Linked To Bezos Phone Hack: UN Experts

The Hindu

January 23, 2020

They demand immediate investigation by relevant authorities; Riyadh terms the allegations ‘absurd’.

MBS May Be Linked To Bezos Phone Hack: UN Experts

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may have been involved in a plot to hack the phone of Amazon’s billionaire boss Jeff Bezos, UN experts said on Wednesday.

The UN special rapporteurs, Agnes Callamard and David Kaye, said they had information pointing to the “possible involvement” of the Prince in the alleged 2018 cyberattack. Saudi officials have dismissed the allegations as absurd.

Cybersecurity experts hired by Mr. Bezos, the world’s richest man, concluded his phone was probably infiltrated by a video file sent from a WhatsApp account purportedly belonging to Prince Mohammed, known as MBS, in 2018, according to a person familiar with the matter.

This story is from the January 23, 2020 edition of The Hindu.

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