The United Nations on Wednesday drew a line between the hacking of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s phone and coverage of Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the killing of a Washington Post journalist, calling for a further investigation.
Two United Nations human rights experts said a deeper probe was needed to look into allegations that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was behind the alleged hack on Bezos, who owns The Washington Post.
The UN’s statement comes a day after the Guardian first reported that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman gained access to Bezos’ phone via a Whatsapp message.
“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,” the two human rights experts said in a statement on Wednesday.
The two tied the hacking to the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, which multiple international and American intelligence organizations have pinned on Saudi Arabia. Khashoggi was a journalist at the Washington Post.
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#BREAKING: United Nations calls for probe into Saudi Arabia's alleged hack of Bezos's phone https://t.co/dzqGy5ZGp7 pic.twitter.com/ZZqiq3czk4
— The Hill (@thehill) January 22, 2020
Great idea. There was a respected Washington Post columnist who i would love to have investigate the matter but you killed him https://t.co/ynNJ7kg4z5
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 22, 2020
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