A federal jury ordered NSO Group to pay WhatsApp $168 million after ruling the Israeli firm violated U.S. laws by exploiting WhatsApp servers for Pegasus spyware deployment. This lawsuit, filed in 2019, highlighted the targeting of journalists, activists, and dissidents across multiple countries, including significant numbers from Mexico and India. The spyware targeted users through a vulnerabilities in WhatsApp's calling feature. WhatsApp plans to pursue a court order to prevent NSO from future attacks and is donating to digital rights organizations.
"Our case against spyware developer NSO made history when the court found that they broke both federal and state laws in the United States in December," Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp at Meta.
"And the jury's verdict today to punish NSO is a critical deterrent to the spyware industry against their illegal acts aimed at American companies and our users worldwide."
"Our next step is to secure a court order to prevent NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp again, and we will be making a donation to digital rights organizations."
Collection
[
|
...
]