"One of those accounts belonged to a prominent dissident, Omar Abdulaziz, who later became close to Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who advocated for free expression in the Arab world," according to The Washington Post.
Date: Nov 06, 2019
Category: Headlines
Source: Google
Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia
Two people familiar with the case said one of the 6,000 Twitter accounts that Mr. Alzabarah had looked at on behalf of Saudi officials in 2015 belonged to Omar Abdulaziz, a prominent Saudi dissident and confidant of Mr. Khashoggi.
Date: Nov 06, 2019
Category: Headlines
Source: Google
Human rights lawyer at the center of the WhatsApp security breach calls hack 'ironic'
The lawyer is on the team representing several of these activists and journalists who are suing NSO, claiming the company's tracking software, Pegasus, was used to infiltrate the devices of dissidents including Omar Abdulaziz, a Saudi in Canada who claims his WhatsApp messages with his friend, the mIm on the same legal team that reps Omar Abdulaziz aginst NSO, and that hack [of his WhatsApp messages] was linked to the Khashoggi case. This same technology was used to spy on the communication between Omar Abdulaziz and Jamal Khashoggi, the lawyer said.
Date: May 14, 2019
Category: Technology
Source: Google
Lawyer involved in suits against Israel's most notorious cyber-arms dealer targeted by its weapons, delivered through a terrifying Whatsapp vulnerability
This vulnerability was used to target a lawyer in London involved in lawsuits against NSO Group over its role in attacks against "the phones of Omar Abdulaziz, a Saudi dissident in Canada; a Qatari citizen; and a group of Mexican journalists and activists." Citizen Lab suspects that other targ
Date: May 14, 2019
Category: World
Source: Google
Saudi friend of Khashoggi sues Israeli surveillance company
According to the lawsuit, Omar Abdulaziz, a sharp online critic of the Saudi royals and a resident of Canada where he has received asylum, said he was friends with Khashoggi and worked with him on a project meant to rein in pro-monarchy Saudi trolls.