Meta Wins Lawsuit Against Spyware Vendor NSO Group
ID: 3f9ac912-8fc2-5d64-8b78-e3bdfac3532b
STIX ID: report--3f9ac912-8fc2-5d64-8b78-e3bdfac3532b
Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2025-05-07
Date Updated: 2026-04-21
Author: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
Meta secured a $168 million verdict against NSO Group after demonstrating that NSO deployed Pegasus spyware by exploiting a WhatsApp zero-day (CVE-2019-3568) in May 2019 to silently install on approximately 1,400 devices via specially crafted RTCP packets/zero‑click calls, enabling comprehensive data exfiltration and remote microphone/camera activation; the report covers the vulnerability details, investigation (with Citizen Lab), scope of targeting, and the court proceedings.
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