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In episode 96 of our monthly we discuss the controversy of voting by smartphone in our elections, the Jeff Bezos hacking incident, and the recent Microsoft support security breach. ** Show notes and links mentioned on the show ** Seattle-Area Voters To… Continue reading Voting by Smartphone, Jeff Bezos Hacked, Microsoft Security Breach
The recently disclosed Jeff Bezos phone hack and other incidents show that mobile devices are being increasingly targeted by sophisticated nation-state attackers. Continue reading Bezos, WhatsApp Cyberattacks Show Growing Mobile Sophistication
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According to the UN high commissioner for human rights, Bezos’s iPhone was hacked using NSO Group’s spyware called…
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A cybersecurity forensics team has concluded with “medium to high confidence” that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hacked Jeff Bezos’ iPhone X in 2018, but the analysis has not impressed the information security community. The firm, FTI Consulting, may have good reasons to conclude there was unauthorized exfiltration of data from Bezos’ phone after bin Salman sent him a WhatsApp message containing a suspicious video file. But the publicly available information about FTI’s work has left many cybersecurity experts with questions about who really hacked Bezos’ phone and how the attackers did it. The report — published Wednesday by Motherboard after a United Nations statement had summarized its findings — is a rare look into the forensic analysis of a device suspected to be the target of nation-state hacking. And given Bezos’ high profile as the owner of The Washington Post and the founder of Amazon, the case is likely to draw intense scrutiny for the indefinite […]
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Digital forensic evidence points to the phone’s massive, months-long data egress having likely been triggered by Pegasus mobile spyware. Continue reading UN report alleges that Saudi crown prince hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone
With “medium to high confidence,” forensic investigators have concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was directly involved in hacking into Jeff Bezos’ phone in 2018, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday. The hack, which allowed “intrusive surveillance” of Bezos according to the U.N., came after bin Salman and the Amazon founder met at a dinner in April 2018 while the crown prince was touring the U.S. The Guardian first reported the alleged surveillance of Bezos on Tuesday. Following an exchange of WhatsApp messages, bin Salman sent a malicious and encrypted file to Bezos, which led to the exfiltration of large amounts of data, according to the report. The interaction took place months before the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, which American intelligence has assessed to have been carried out under orders from bin Salman. Bezos also owns the Washington Post. Soon after meeting bin Salman — also known as MBS […]
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The iPhone of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, was reportedly hacked in May 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message from the personal account of Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Guardian newspaper revealed today.
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An investigation has concluded that Jeff Bezos’s smartphone was hacked after receiving a WhatsApp message from Mohammed bin Salman.
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The Internet Accountability Project is the brainchild of Mike Davis, who led the fight to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: GOP Activists Just Formed a Dark Money Group to Go to War With Big Tech
The $10 billion, decade long JEDI cloud contract drama continues. It’s a process that has been dogged by complaints, regulatory oversight and court cases. Throughout the months long selection process, the Pentagon has repeatedly denied accusations that the contract was somehow written to make Amazon a favored vendor, but today the Washington Post reports President […] Continue reading President throws latest wrench in $10B JEDI cloud contract selection process