NSO Group, the organization behind the Pegasus spyware, has been found liable in a lawsuit brought by Meta’s WhatsApp over attacks on about 1,400 devices, as reported by The Record. NSO Group is liable for charges of violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,

Messaging giant WhatsApp won a landmark ruling Friday against the best-known maker of spyware when a federal judge in California ruled that NSO Group had hacked into the Meta unit’s systems by sending malicious software through its servers to more than a thousand targeted phones.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to hear a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance to block a law intended to force the sale of the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban on national security grounds.

A US federal judge has ruled that NSO Group, the Israeli maker of the controversial Pegasus spyware, violated state and federal US hacking laws in a case filed by WhatsApp. The lawsuit accused NSO Group of infecting the phones of 1,400 individuals over a two-week period in May 2019.

WhatsApp has prevailed against Israeli spyware maker NSO Group in a US lawsuit over NSO’s abuse of the messaging app to infiltrate the phones of journalists, activists and dissidents with its Pegasus hacking tool.

WhatsApp has won its case against the NSO Group, the firm behind the Pegasus spyware used by governments for surveillance.

A California judge ruled against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group in a lawsuit filed by WhatsApp, accusing NSO of exploiting a bug to install Pegasus sp

WhatsApp won a critical lawsuit against Pegasus-maker NSO Group in a cyberattack on over 1,000 users. Here's a detailed explanation of what happened.

A California court found NSO Group liable for hacking WhatsApp, violating laws and breaching contract, as WhatsApp seeks damages for spyware use.

The NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance company, has been held liable for hacking WhatsApp and breaching its contract. This decision, made by a US judge, has significant implications for the spyware industry.

In a major legal victory, messaging app WhatsApp won a five-year-old case against NSO Group, the creator of the infamous Pegasus spyware. A U.S. judge ruled that the Israeli-based NSO had violated key American laws by hacking into WhatsApp systems and targeting over a thousand phones.