Jared Kushner Hacked Phone Reveals Secret Negotiations, Millions in Transactions
An investigative report details how Dutch intelligence services allegedly gained access to Jared Kushner's iPhone by exploiting a vulnerability in the device. The report suggests this access allowed for the monitoring of screen activity, potentially exposing sensitive negotiations and financial transactions.
Why it matters
This highlights significant national security vulnerabilities in the personal devices of high-level government officials and the reach of foreign intelligence operations.
Six months later, I found myself speaking with someone else about the UAE government and their use of mercenaries in conflicts around the Middle East and Africa when I asked, on a whim, whether they knew anything about Kushner and bank transfers from a UAE account. My acquaintance grew quiet. Then they replied, “Yes.”
When the Russian national arrived in England, the Dutch informed him that he had two options: he could work for them against the GRU, or the British would arrest him. Once in UK government custody, the operative would be charged with espionage. If convicted, he would spend years in a British prison. The Russian chose to change his employer.
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