You can be a billionaire and be the victim of a simple automatic data download bot. Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon and richest man in the world in 2019,according to Forbes, illustrates this well. During a messaging discussion with the Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman, the big boss was simply hacked. With the reception of a video sent by the interlocutor, a discreet data theft bot was downloaded. And the latter began to recover private data from Jeff Bezos' iPhone, to send it to an unknown recipient.
The investigation report reveals that the hack took place on May 1, 2018. It was highlighted by a particularly high sending of data compared to normal in the hours, days and even months following this date .
Several reasons can explain why the Amazon boss was hacked in this way. It is possible that this data theft factored into his divorce case with his ex-wife. It is also possible that Jeff Bezos is not really in the mood for Mohammed Bin Salman. Indeed, Bezos owns the Washington Post newspaper, which regularly publishes articles critical of the prince of Saudi Arabia. In addition, the latter would be suspected of being at the origin of the assassination of the journalist of the same newspaper, Jamal Khashoggi, on October 2, 2018, who was one of the particularly acerbic pens towards the future king.
This shows that even if Apple wants to be very attentive to the security of its devices, and in particular the iPhone, certain hackers can cause great damage, from a simple video sent via WhatsApp.
Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.
