US EditionUS court orders spyware company NSO to stop targeting WhatsApp, reduces damages
The court ruled NSO unlawfully exploited WhatsApp’s encrypted service to target vulnerable users and reduced damages from $168 million to $4 million, the judge said.
- A US court ordered Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group to stop targeting WhatsApp users and reduced the damages it must pay to WhatsApp owner Meta from $167 million to around $4 million.
- The court concluded that NSO Group's conduct caused irreparable harm by reverse-engineering WhatsApp's code to install spyware on users' devices, including journalists and human rights activists.
- NSO Group has maintained that it only licenses its software to governments for fighting crime and terrorism, while Meta stated the ruling bans NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp and its global users again.
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Israeli firm barred from installing spyware on WhatsApp
SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge has granted an injunction barring Israeli spyware maker NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users but slashed a $168 million damages award at trial to just $4m. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled on Friday that NSO Group’s behaviour fell short of a “particularly egregious” standard needed to support the jury’s calculations on a financial penalty. But in the ruling, she said the court “concluded that defendants’ conduct…
An American judge issued an order prohibiting the Israeli spy software manufacturer NSO Group from attacking WhatsApp users, but reduced damages from $168 million to just $4 million. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled that NSO Group’s behavior did not reach the “especially serious” level needed to support jury calculations of an economic sanction.
TechCrunch
IT Security News - cybersecurity, infosecurity newsSpyware maker NSO Group blocked from WhatsApp
A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp’s request for a permanent injunction blocking Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group from targeting the messaging app’s users. At the same time, the judge dramatically reduced the fine that NSO Group must pay to Meta.
US court orders spyware company NSO to stop targeting WhatsApp
A U.S. court has ordered Israel's NSO Group to stop targeting Meta Platforms' WhatsApp messaging service, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business. In a 25-page ruling handed down Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton imposed a permanent injunction on NSO Group's efforts to break into WhatsApp, one of the world's most widely used communications platforms. Hamilton also handed NSO a significant break on t…
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CLG NewsU.S. judge permanently blocks Israeli spyware firm NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp
“Today’s ruling bans spyware maker NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp and our global users again,” said Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp, in a post on X. “We applaud this decision that comes after six years of litigation to hold NSO accountable for targeting members of civil society.”
Court reduces damages Meta will get from spyware maker NSO Group but bans it from WhatsApp
US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton has reduced the damages Meta is getting from the NSO Group from $167 million to $4 million, but she has also ordered the Israeli spyware maker to stop targeting WhatsApp.
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