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Isn't this old news?

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:23:41 +0000

In reply to UN fingers Israeli spyware

Isn't this old news?

UN fingers Israeli spyware

artappraiser — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:14:28 +0000

In reply to UN Special Rappotreur peeps:

UN fingers Israeli spyware firm in Bezos hack

By Julian Pecquet @ Al-Monitor.com, January 22, 2020

Israeli spyware firm NSO Group’s US lobbying campaign just got a lot more complicated after UN investigators today concluded that Saudi use of its Pegasus spyware was the “most likely explanation” for a 2018 hacking attack against Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.

UN human rights experts Agnes Callamard and David Kaye called for an “immediate investigation by US and other relevant authorities” into Saudi Arabia’s alleged surveillance in a press statement. They said the allegations underscore the “pressing need for a moratorium on the global sale and transfer of private surveillance technology.”

The comments come after a forensic analysis of Bezos’ phone concluded with a “medium to high confidence” that he was hacked after receiving a video from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s WhatsApp account. Riyadh has been sharply critical of The Washington Post’s coverage of the kingdom, including columns by murdered dissident Jamal Khashoggi.

“The information we have received suggests the possible involvement of the Crown Prince in surveillance of Mr. Bezos, in an effort to influence, if not silence, The Washington Post’s reporting on Saudi Arabia,” Callamard and Kaye wrote. The Saudi Embassy in Washington has denounced the accusations as “absurd.” [....]

UN Special Rappotreur peeps:

artappraiser — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:07:30 +0000

In reply to Breaking: Saudis, MBS personally hacked Bezos

UN Special Rapporteur peeps:

tomorrow (wednesday) @AgnesCallamard & I will be releasing a public statement on this in which we address these very serious hacking allegations. https://t.co/X9NBrrwFnF
— David Kaye (@davidakaye) January 21, 2020

The allegation that MBS sent

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:54:40 +0000

In reply to Breaking: Saudis, MBS personally hacked Bezos

The allegation that MBS sent Bezos malware to steal files that got leaked to National Enquirer which 1) has a long history of favors for Donald J Trump and 2) had done a sleazy spread for the Saudis makes me wonder how the investigation into National Enquirer died.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 21, 2020