Saudi Arabia ‘hacked Amazon boss’s phone

by Joshua Labrecque
edited by Gavin Clarke

On March 31st, an investigator for Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, said that Saudi Arabia hacked Bezos’s phone and accessed his data, according to the BBC.  

Gavin de Becker was hired by Bezos to find out how his private  messages had been leaked to the National Enquirer tabloid . “Our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the Saudis had access to Bezos’ phone, and gained private information,” said Becker.

(Photo:BBC)

 Becker’s findings come after Bezos in February accused the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc (AMI), of blackmail, saying it had threatened to publish his intimate photos unless he said  the tabloid’s reporting was not politically motivated.

AMI has not yet commented on Becker’s allegations. The company has previously said that it acted lawfully in its reporting of  Bezos’ personal life.