Saudis hacked Jeff Bezos & # 39; phone for texts also used in author history: Investigator
A security analyst for Jeff Bezos has decided that the Saudis received texts from the Amazon CEO's phone, which was also used for a National Enquirer story, revealed the Daily Beast Saturday investigator.
Gavin De Becker, the investigator, wrote that his team and "several experts concluded that Saudis had access to Bezos & # 39; phone and received private information."
De Becker said it is "unclear to what extent, if any," American Media Inc. the owner of the Enquirer ̵[ads1]1; "was aware of the details" of the Saudi operation. But he accused AMI of being "in league with a foreign country who has actively tried to hurt US citizens and businesses."
Information and pictures from the Bezos phone were obtained by Enquirer for a January story about Bezos' extra-marital affair It was linked to violations of his marriage.
The Saudis have attacked Bezos because of The Washington Post's coverage of the Saudi murder last year by journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to the media. Khashoggi, a Saudi citizen living in the United States, wrote for the post owned by Bezos. US intelligence officials have stated that his murder was ordered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salmon.
AMI also threatened to publish explicit personal Bezos images in the Inquirer – including a "dick image". The images would not be used if De Becker and Bezos signed an eight-page contract that agreed on a number of requirements, the details of which De Becker revealed for the first time in the animal.
Claims included a public statement from De Becker saying that no hacking was involved in obtaining the Bezos information, and that the story was not "emerged, dictated or influenced … by external forces, political or otherwise," he wrote . He and Bezos refused to sign.
Bezos revealed his experiences with AMI – which he characterized as extortion and extortion – in one piece he wrote in mid-mid-2008.
Bezos has also been a target for President Donald Trump, who is close to the Saudis and likes not the postal coverage of his presidency.
Trump has failed to condemn the Saudi government for the Khassoggi murder. Instead, Reuters reported last week that Trump's energy secretary Rick Perry has approved six secret company authorizations to sell nuclear technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia.
David Pecker, CEO of AMI, has admitted to a "catch" and kill "scheme to buy and bury women's stories during the presidential campaign that had claimed they had cases with Donald Trump.
Pecker collaborates with federal officials investigating possible campaign finance breaches because the money was used to hide information from voters just before the presidential election.
Earlier media reports identified Michael Sanchez – the brother of Bezos lover Lauren Sanchez – as the source of the Inquiry Information. AMI, but De Becker concluded that he was not the only source, he also noticed that AMI was suspiciously eager to source his source, Sanchez told Six that editors had already seen Bezo's lyrics when AMI came out to him.
De Becker has embraced his findings to federal officials investigating Bezos' allegations of extortion. rev that he would not comment further on the Bezos case.
AMI and Enquirer could not be reached immediately for comment.