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U.S. Jury Orders NSO Group to Pay $168M in WhatsApp Spyware Case


A U.S. federal jury has ruled in favour of WhatsApp in its cyber-espionage lawsuit against Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group, ordering the company to

A U.S. federal jury has ruled in favour of WhatsApp in its cyber-espionage lawsuit against Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group, ordering the company to pay approximately$168 million in punitive damages. The lawsuit, filed in late 2019 in the Northern District of California, alleged that NSO Group illegally installed its Pegasus spyware on smartphones via WhatsApp. “We will carefully review the details of the verdict and pursue appropriate legal remedies, including further proceedings and an appeal,” said Gil Lainer, NSO’s vice president of global communications, in response to a request for comment.

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