Published 19:32 IST, January 26th 2020

Now, UK PM Boris Johnson fears hack by Saudi's MbS after he was 'bombarded' with emojis

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince has apparently sent a "worrying" number of messages to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, causing concerns following Bezos' hack.

Reported by: Aishwaria Sonavane
Follow: Google News Icon
  • share
null | Image: self
Advertisement

Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) found himself at crux of a diplomatic controversy, after Guardian revealed his alleged role in hacking Jeff Bezos's phone. w, similar claims have been me over security of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's phone. As per claims of international news organisation, Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly "bombared" Johnson with emoji WhatsApp messs.  According to Mail, Kingdom's Crown Prince has apparently sent a "worrying" number of messs to UK Prime Minister, raising concerns following Bezos' hack. Boris Johnson reportedly exchanged numbers with Mohammed bin Salman when he was Foreign Secretary of state. Johnson was kwn to hand out his private number to world leers. 

two h been in regular contact, Mail reported on Sunday. However, use of endless emojis by Mohammed bin Salman h apparently baffled Johnson and his team. 'emojis' became a concern indicating a phone hack by Mohammed bin Salman, himself. London, however, has refused to delve into details of WhatsApp conversation between hes of two state.  Cyber-security experts asserted that Trump's visor and son-in-law, Jared Kushner should change his mobile phone, over risks of being hacked by MbS similar to Bezos. Saudi Arabia has refuted claims, calling it "absurd."

RE| Trump's son-in-law allowed Saudi Crown Prince MBS to arrest Khashoggi

Advertisement

Jeff Bezos phone hack 

United Nations on Wednesday shared that forensic findings indicate with "medium to high confidence" that Mohammed bin Salman personally hacked into Jeff Bezos' iPhone to "influence, if t silence," Washington Post owned by him, over ir relentless cover of Jamal Khashoggi's murder. 

richest man in world, Jeff Bezos h his phone "hacked" in 2018 through a WhatsApp mess that was purportedly sent by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia--Mohammed bin Salman, himself. Guardian reported that an encrypted mess from personal number of de facto ruler of Kingdom was sent to owner of Amazon and Washington Post, Jeff Bezos on May 1, 2018. Forensic analysts n articulated that unsolicited file contained malware, which extracted a copious amount of data from his phone, just within hours. “Within hours of encrypted downloer being received, a massive and unauthorized exfiltration of data from Bezos’s phone began, continuing and escalating for months reafter,” report states. 

Advertisement

RE| Jeff Bezos' phone hacked by Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman? All you need to kw

19:32 IST, January 26th 2020