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

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.

divulgence is likely to mount complex questions for Kingdom to face world community over two instances in particular--first, how did US tabloid National Enquirer acquire and publish intimate details of Jeff Bezos's extramarital affair in March last year, that allegedly led to most high-profile divorce last year and secondly murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Washington Post journalist who was killed inside Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. Khashoggi was assassinated five months after Bezos's phone-hack. Upon news break, Saudi Arabia explicitly denied any role in phone intrusion.

Similarly, after flipping narratives for over a year, Kingdom h declared that Khashoggi, a strong dissident of Mohammed bin Salman was killed in a "rogue operation." Meanwhile, US tabloid National Enquirer has asserted that it h recieved a tip-off about Jeff Bezos' affair. However, nudging a twist in tale, in September 2017, New York Times h published that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince h met with David Pecker, owner of National Enquirer in Kingdom. Two months after, Pecker h a private dinner at White House with US President Donald Trump and ors. Since hack, UN has called for an immediate probe by US over  spyware deployment in billionaire's phone and subsequent fingers pointing towards Mohammed bin Salman. 

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phone-hack and Saudi heir's connection

Here are series of events that unfolded in this entire story: 

• Amazon and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos's phone was allegedly hacked by Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman, recognized as MbS in Western world. 
• hack, apparently came from MbS' personal WhatsApp account, a few days after two exchanged numbers at a dinner in April 2018.
• As per reports by a Middle Eastern journalist İy el-Baghdi, Saudi Arabia h access to Jeff Bezos's phone from May 2018 to February 2019. 
• It is reported that phone-hack was t pertaining to Amazon, but Washington Post over its persistent, intricate cover against Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman over assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. 
• Jeff Bezos's iPhone was allegedly hacked through Pegasus, a contentious cyberweapon me by an Israeli company, NSO. same techlogy was used to hack Jamal Khashoggi, months prior to his cold-blooded assassination. Saudis h reportedly bought Pegasus for state-run hacking purposes. 
• Saudis apparently obtained Pegasus in vember 2017, prior to Mohammed bin Salman turning Ritz Carlton into a gilded prison for elite members of Royal family and was reportedly facilitated by Jared Kushner. 
• Jeff Bezos h reportedly frozen all communications with Mohammed bin Salman subsequent to Khashoggi's murder and even stalled a $1 billion deal with Saudi Arabia. Even as US President disregarded case, CIA h concluded Saudi Arabia Crown Princes' role in murder. 

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team of Amazon's owner began privately probing his phone last January, after exposure of his extramarital affair by National Enquirer. Bezos h even accused American Media, parent company of National Enquirer of blackmailing and threatening him to release his nude photographs. 

Facebook bought WhatsApp in 2014, and since Cambridge Analytica scandal, former co-founder Brian Acton has insisted people to delete Facebook over privacy concerns. w, speculations have been raised over vulnerability of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's visor and son-in-law, who is kwn to frequently communicate with Crown Prince on WhatsApp. 

However, Trump ministration, a close ally of Saudi Arabia and Mohammed bin Salman personally, has t given a statement over issue. Meanwhile, Riyh has blatantly shunned allegations. Calling reports "absurd" Saudi Embassy in Washington said, "We call for an investigation on se claims so that we can have all facts out." 

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