Murdered Journalist Khashoggi’s WhatsApp Allegedly Hacked by Saudi Government
Dec. 3, 2018Washington Post journalistJamal Khashoggiwas killed after retainers of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, intercepted his WhatsApp messages. Activist Khashoggi’s aide, Omar Abdulaziz, alleged this and shared private conversations between himself the slain journalist withCNN.
The two decided to send international SIM cards to opposers of the royal regime so that they can useTwitterwithout coming under the ax of censorship. “Twitter is the only tool they’re using to fight and to spread their rumors. We’ve been attacked, we’ve been insulted, we’d been threatened so many times, and we decided to do something,” Abdulaziz told CNN.
Taking note of this, Khashoggi warned Abdulaziz of not talking about the “cyber bees” on social media. The latter claims that after the former’s murder, he learned that his phone washacked by a “military-grade” spying softwaremade by Isreali company NSO Groups. Abdulaziz filed a lawsuit against NSO in the Isreali capital of Tel Aviv, suggesting that the company “broke international laws” and sold its software to “oppressive regimes“, despite knowing that this could be used for infringing human rights.
They asked him to meet at the Saudi embassy but he did not go on Khashoggi’s advice, which apparently saved his life. However, Khashoggi defaulted on his own advice himself and went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, which is where he was last seen alive.
These claims point that despite denial, Saudi Arabian government could be involved or be totally responsible for the exiled journalist.
