‘Hello MBS.’ How the world’s richest man was hacked.
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Amber Phillips tells us about the latest antics by the world’s greatest deliberative body: One senator read a book Thursday while one doodled through another day of the impeachment trial. After Jeff Bezos and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia exchanged numbers at a dinner party, Bezos was hacked. Marc Fisher explains how the hack went down. And, Emily Yahr on why we’re obsessed with Wikipedia’s “personal life” section. Background reading: 

• The Senate impeachment trial continues. Read live impeachment trial updates from The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/impeachment-trial-live-updates/2020/01/22/3beb411e-3d05-11ea-8872-5df698785a4e_story.html?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=post-reports)

• ‘Hello MBS,’ Jeff Bezos wrote in a text. Then, he was hacked: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/un-ties-alleged-phone-hacking-to-posts-coverage-of-saudi-arabia/2020/01/22/a0bc63ba-3d1f-11ea-b90d-5652806c3b3a_story.html?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=post-reports)

• Obsessed with Wikipedia ‘personal life’ entries? You’re not alone: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/obsessed-with-wikipedia-personal-life-entries-youre-not-alone/2019/12/30/cb31a50a-2673-11ea-9c21-2c2a4d2c2166_story.html?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=post-reports)