WhatsApp scores historic victory against NSO Group in long …
6 days ago · In a historic ruling on Friday, a Northern California federal judge held NSO Group liable for targeting the devices of 1,400 WhatsApp users, violating state and federal hacking laws as well as...
U.S. Judge Rules Against NSO Group in WhatsApp Pegasus …
6 days ago · WhatsApp originally filed the complaint against NSO Group in late 2019, accusing it of accessing its servers without permission to install the Pegasus tool on 1,400 devices in May of that year. The attacks leveraged a then zero-day vulnerability in the app's voice calling feature ( CVE-2019-3568 , CVSS score: 9.8) to trigger the deployment of ...
Spyware Maker NSO Group Liable for WhatsApp User Hacks
5 days ago · NSO Group’s zero-click attacks are a common feature of commercial spyware makers, who operate in a legal grey area, despite efforts from the Biden administration to clamp down on their practices. NSO Group was placed on a US export blacklist in 2021 , while similar firms such as Intellexa were sanctioned in recent years.
WhatsApp Wins Landmark Legal Victory: Israel's NSO Group …
6 days ago · Meta’s WhatsApp won a legal victory against Israel’s NSO Group cybersecurity firm after a federal judge ruled the spyware firm liable under federal law for a 2019 hacking incident that...
Judge rules Israeli firm NSO Group liable for damages in WhatsApp …
Dec 20, 2024 · Messaging service WhatsApp claimed a major legal victory over Israeli spyware firm NSO Group on Friday after a federal judge ruled that NSO was liable under federal and California law for a...
WhatsApp Wins Ruling Against NSO Group as US Court Finds It …
6 days ago · WhatsApp claimed a legal win over the NSO Group, the makers of the Pegasus spyware, on Friday. A US District Court judge ruled in favour of the Meta-owned platform and found that the Israeli company is liable for hacking 1,400 individuals' devices and infecting them with spyware via the instant messaging platform's servers.
Judge Finds Israel's NSO Group Liable for Hacking in WhatsApp …
5 days ago · A U.S. judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing ...
Judge finds spyware-maker NSO Group liable for attacks on
Dec 21, 2024 · WhatsApp and its parent company, Meta, sued the NSO Group back in 2019 and accused it of spreading malware to 1,400 mobile devices across 20 countries with surveillance as its purpose. They ...
US judge finds Israel's NSO Group liable for hacking in WhatsApp ...
Dec 21, 2024 · U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, California, granted a motion by WhatsApp and found NSO liable for hacking and breach of contract. The case will now proceed to a trial only on...
Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group is liable for attacks on 1,400 WhatsApp …
Dec 21, 2024 · 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.