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Kushner Denies Foreign-Account, Hacked iPhone Claims After Excerpt

By Drooid · Oct 23, 2026, 3:23 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner denied foreign-account and hacked iPhone claims after a Vanity Fair excerpt.
The excerpt alleged $750 million in First Abu Dhabi Bank and $1 billion to Israel’s Central Bank.
Dutch military intelligence reportedly used a Russian GRU hack to view Kushner’s iPhone screenshots from early 2018.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued to block Kushner from serving as foreign-policy official without Senate confirmation.

History

Historical Context

In summer 2014 the Dutch AIVD infiltrated cameras at a Cozy Bear office, confirming the group’s targeting of the U.S. Democratic Party, State Department and White House. By 2016 Fancy Bear extracted DNC emails and Dutch ministries reported intrusions, prompting the 2017 Dutch election to be hand-counted. Those incidents now drive congressional moves to tighten confirmation rules and secure diplomatic communications.

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Story summary

U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner denied foreign-account and hacked iPhone claims after a Vanity Fair excerpt.
The excerpt alleged $750 million in First Abu Dhabi Bank and $1 billion to Israel’s Central Bank.
Dutch military intelligence reportedly used a Russian GRU hack to view Kushner’s iPhone screenshots from early 2018.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued to block Kushner from serving as foreign-policy official without Senate confirmation.

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