Cybersecurity experts say they want more information to back up the stunning claims that Saudi Arabia may have been involved in a plot to hack Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' cell phone.
On Sunday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' top security staffer, Gavin de Becker, wrote about an alleged plot by the Saudi Arabian government to hack the billionaire's phone. He also suggested a connection between the hack and National Enquirer publisher American Media Inc., which published details of Bezos' affair with Lauren Sanchez and threatened to publish explicit texts the pair exchanged.
If the Saudis were involved, that claim would have significant national security implications -- it would mean that a foreign government somehow got access to the phone of a major American business mogul. Given the seriousness of the charges, security experts are curious to see more concrete proof. De Becker also cited news articles detailing the surveillance capabilities of the Saudis, including the extensive surveillance they reportedly conducted on Khashoggi before he was killed.
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