mohamed bin and jeff plays austere powerful men now linked by a scandal the saudi crown prince is accused of hacking the phone of the american billionaire. denies the allegations an investigation has begun could it mean for bin salman and how vulnerable anyone else speak to such cyber attacks this is inside story. hello everyone i m come all santamaria so we have the world s richest man we have one of the middle east s most influential leaders and a message between the 2 which will almost certainly change their relationship the allegation is that jeff bezos the owner of amazon in the washington post had his phone hacked by a whatsapp message from the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon on its own that could be worrying enough but of course the post previously employed. the journalist who was murdered by a saudi hit squad has been widely linked to the crown prince now the same un players who investigated his killing want an investigation into whether the hack took place an