Other technology researchers have questioned the report’s conclusions, but two United Nations experts gave it their stamp of approval, saying that the hack aimed to “influence, if not silence” The Post’s critical coverage of the kingdom. The attempt on my phone, a month after the reported hack of Mr. Bezos, was less dramatic, but no less scary in its implications. A spokesman for the Saudi Embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment. The researchers, at Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, have in recent years identified 36 operators that have used NSO Group’s technology on hundreds of targets in 45 countries. These targets include four people whom the researchers were able to identify by name and could confirm were hacked by operators that appeared to be working for Saudi Arabia.

Source: New York Times January 28, 2020 15:11 UTC