The hack is thought to have led to a tabloid exposé about Jeff Bezos’s affair with Lauren Sánchez PAWAN SHARMA/AFP/GETTY IMAGESThe billionaire Amazon boss Jeff Bezos had his phone hacked after opening a message apparently sent by Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, it was claimed last night. Mr Bezos, 56, and the prince were having a friendly exchange over WhatsApp when he received the video message that is believed to have concealed malware that infected his mobile and would have allowed information to be stolen. The claim, reported in The Guardian, raises questions about whether the world’s richest man, who owns The Washington Post, was targeted by Saudi Arabia for material that was compromising or secret. It was claimed that “large amounts of data” were extracted from Mr Bezos’s phone within hours. The Saudi embassy in Washington denied the accusations today,…

Source: The Times January 22, 2020 00:00 UTC