Spyware firm targeted WhatsApp users in defiance of US court order, Meta says
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Meta reports it caught and disrupted NSO Group spear-phishing attempts using malicious WhatsApp links—actions that violated a US permanent injunction—targeting a small number of users in Jordan and Lebanon and including creation of test accounts and groups; the piece also recounts NSO’s Pegasus spyware history, prior legal losses and sanctions, and the firm’s attempts to rehabilitate its image and access the US market.
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