Last week, Israeli firm NSO Group, best known for its Pegasus spyware targeting iPhones and Android devices, was ordered to pay Meta more than $167M for targeting WhatsApp users.. Now, TechCrunch ...

Spyware maker NSO Group will have to pay more than $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for a 2019 hacking campaign against more than 1,400 users. On Tuesday, after a five-year legal battle, a jury ...

NSO’s three exploits targeted WhatsApp users. One technique that NSO used to allow its customers to target WhatsApp users, described in one document, was to set up something the company called a ...

On May 6, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in damages to the Meta-owned company. The ruling concluded ...

A California jury ordered NSO Group Technologies to pay WhatsApp $444,719 in compensatory damages and $167,254,000 in punitive damages on Tuesday. The jury found that “NSO engaged in malice, ...

NSO Group says it says it only sells its spyware to legitimate government law enforcement and intelligence agencies vetted by Israel’s Defense Ministry for use against terrorists and criminals. But ...

NSO Group did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. Will Cathcart, the head of WhatsApp , said the ruling is a win for privacy. Featured Video ...

Q&A Litigators of the Week: Spyware-Maker NSO Group Hit With $168M Verdict for Hacking WhatsApp A trial team led by Greg Andres, Antonio Perez-Marques and Micah Block of Davis Polk & Wardwell ...

A federal judge in California has declared that Israel-based NSO Group violated the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act when it designed its Pegasus phone spyware to leverage Meta's WhatsApp servers.

(CNN) — Messaging service WhatsApp claimed a major legal victory over Israeli spyware firm NSO Group on Friday after a federal judge ruled that NSO was liable under federal and California law ...

WhatsApp in 2019 sued NSO seeking an injunction and damages, accusing it of accessing WhatsApp servers without permission six months earlier to install the Pegasus software on victims' mobile devices.