US judge finds Pegasus spyware maker liable over WhatsApp hack

WhatsApp celebrates victory as judge finds Israeli company NSO Group violated state and federal US hacking laws

WhatsApp claimed legal victory over the maker of Pegasus spyware late on Friday.

The Israeli company, NSO Group Technologies, was accused in a lawsuit by Meta’s messaging app of infecting and surveilling the phones of 1,400 people over a two-week period in May 2019 via its notorious Pegasus software.

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