Category: jamal khashoggi

Phishing scams leveled up, and we didn’t

Post author By Randall
Post date January 31, 2020
Categories In bad password, badpassword, business, data breach, Facebook, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, hacks, infosec, Internet, jamal khashoggi, jeff bezos, Mobile, opinion, phishing, phishing scams, proofpoint, ransomware, Security, services, Tech, whatsapp, wordpress

[ad_1] In case you missed it, on January 22nd The Guardian reported, “Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had his mobile phone ‘hacked’ in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message that had apparently been sent from the personal account of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.” According to the now-contested report by FTI Consulting cited by The […]

Former Twitter employees charged with spying for Saudi Arabia

Post author By Randall
Post date November 6, 2019
Categories In gear, Internet, jamal khashoggi, mohammad bin salman, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Social Media, social network, social networking, spying, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] A third man charged at the same time, Ahmed Almutairi, is also facing spying charges but didn’t work at Twitter. Instead, he allegedly served as a go-between for the Saudi government and the Twitter staffers. According to both clues in the indictment and a Washington Post source, the trio supposedly partnered with Bader Al […]