Re:Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'
by bredren on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @10:14PM
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Pretty brazen? Don't forget that the WP reported that US intelligence intercepted comms from Saudi officials discussing a plan ordered by MBS to lure Jamal Khashoggi from his home in Virginia and then subsequently had him cut into pieces in an embassy.
Hacking a phone is small potatoes.
Re:Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'
by meowface on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @10:17PM
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Yeah, I was using semi-facetious understatement. He's very brazen for someone in his position.
Re:Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'
by ShorsHammer on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @10:34PM
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Thankfully he is loved by the West and is untouchable, goes a long way when you are a maniacally evil despot with a penchant for torture.
Who are the bad guys again? Didn't watch the tele today, they usually tell me.
Re:Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'
by ta999999171 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:47PM
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One of those countries without one of those Banks.
I'm a little surprised Bezos fell for it. Video-triggered vulnerabilities are pretty rare and not something you'd normally be vigilant about, as are world leaders acting as APTs, but he still should've considered the possibility that a giant, powerful nation his ultra-influential newspaper covered might want to target him and would have the capability to do so.
He could've asked an Amazon security analyst to open the video in a sandboxed system, or could've just done so himself. I guess it just never crossed his mind that the (de facto) ruler of Saudi Arabia would phish him.