Security News > 2020 > January > The Bezos Phone Hack: Narrative Framed by Loose Facts

A forensic investigation commissioned by Bezos concludes claims to have uncovered the May 2018 hack attack.

Bin Salman sent Bezos a large video file on May 1, 2018, which FTI describes as "Arriving unexpectedly and without explanation," as if people routinely warn their friends that they're about to send a video attachment.

After the video was sent, Bezos' phone started sending about 101MB of data per day, whereas before it averaged around 430KB, FTI says.

The report then falls back on the dramatic rise in data going out of the phone after the video file was delivered to point to its conclusion that it was likely malware.

If the video was indeed the vector for exploitation, Stamos writes, something would still be leftover on Bezos' phone.

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