Reporter who wrote book on Saudi crown prince was allegedly targeted by hackers
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington from Technology | The Guardian on (#4YJB9)
State department investigates after New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard says his phone was targeted in 2018
A New York Times reporter was allegedly targeted with spyware linked to Saudi Arabia in 2018, at a time when the kingdom was targeting several Saudi dissidents around the world.
A new report by Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School found that Ben Hubbard, who has written a book about Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, was targeted by spyware known as "Pegasus", which is made by Israel's NSO Group.
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