"The Guardian reports that Jeff Bezos is blaming Saudi Arabia for hacking his phone last year after an investigation he ordered apparently drew links between a personal message sent from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the malware that caused the hack. Errol Barnett breaks down the timeline between their alleged phone number exchange and the National Enquirer's release of intimate photos and texts between Bezos and TV host Lauren Sanchez."
"On November 8, 2018, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos received an unexpected text message over WhatsApp from Saudi Arabian leader Mohammed bin Salman. The two had exchanged numbers several months prior, in April, at a small dinner in Los Angeles, but weren’t in regular contact; Bezos had previously received only a video file from the crown prince in May that reportedly extolled Saudi Arabia’s economy. The November text had an attachment as well: an image of a woman who looked like Lauren Sanchez, with whom Bezos had been having an unreported affair.
That message appears to have been a taunt; American Media Inc., publisher of The National Inquirer, would several months later make details of the affair public. But it’s the initial contact, in May, that has set off another firestorm with MBS at the center. That video file was likely loaded with malware, investigators now say. The crown prince’s own account had been used to hack Bezos’ phone."
https://www.wired.com/story/bezos-phone-hack-mbs-saudi-arabia/