[ConcernedCitizen]

... and we can pretty much all agree the UAE had him targeted using NSO's spyware and subsequently assassinated.

"According to the Post’s report, a forensic investigation of two Android phones owned by Elatr revealed that an unknown person used one of the phones to visit a website that uploaded Pegasus spyware onto the phone. This took place after security agents at the Dubai airport had confiscated the phone from Elatr. Further analysis from Citizen Lab suggested the website was controlled by NSO group on behalf of a customer in the United Arab Emirates, the report states."

"NSO has denied that its spyware was used to target Khashoggi or his associates, including Hanan Elatr — but Citizen Lab’s analysis makes it hard to believe that claim. Phone numbers belonging to Elatr and to Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, were also found in a list of 50,000 numbers in a data leak that revealed potential targets of Pegasus spyware, although this alone does not confirm that the targeted number was compromised."

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