FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2018, file photo, Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, speaks at The Economic Club of Washington's Milestone Celebration in Washington. A rich list by wealth compiler Hurun Report shows the market meltdowns in 2018 obliterated $1 trillion in wealth, with more than 212 of China's richest individuals losing their dollar billionaire status. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos led the world's wealthiest for the second year running, estimated by the Hurun Global rich list at $147 billion. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
Saudi Arabia had access to Jeff Bezos’s phone and acquired his personal data and photos, Gavin de Becker, a security consultant for Amazon.com Inc’s founder and chief executive officer, wrote in the Daily Beast.
The investigation “concluded with high confidence that the Saudis had access to Bezos’s phone, and gained his private information”, de Becker said in the column. It’s unclear to what degree American Media Inc was aware of the details, he wrote. Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, has accused the publisher of the National Enquirer of trying to blackmail him.
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