UN calls for investigation after Saudi crown prince implicated in hack of Jeff Bezos' phone

UN experts call for an investigation after the Saudi crown prince is implicated in a hack of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' phone

Davos, Switzerland UN experts said they are"gravely concerned" by information they have received suggesting that a WhatsApp account belonging to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was used to deliver spyware to the mobile phone of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

"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 experts said in a statement Wednesday.

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