WhatsApp scores historic victory against NSO Group in long-running spyware hacking case
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A U.S. federal judge ruled that NSO Group unlawfully used its Pegasus spyware to infect about 1,400 WhatsApp users by exploiting an audio-calling vulnerability, breaching state and federal hacking laws and WhatsApp’s terms of service. The ruling highlights NSO’s apparent reverse-engineering of WhatsApp, its failure to produce discovery (including Pegasus source code and internal communications), and the planned March 2025 trial to determine damages.
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