A US judge ruled that the Israeli spyware maker breached hacking laws by using WhatsApp to infect devices with Pegasus

A federal judge ruled in favor of WhatsApp in a lawsuit the company brought against Israeli spyware maker linked to hacking of diplomats, human rights activists, and journalists.

Judge Phyllis Hamilton said on Friday that NSO Group broke state and federal laws and WhatsApp’s terms of service, by using zero-day exploits in the popular messaging tool to deploy its Pegasus spyware on at least 1400 devices.

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,

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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.

A federal judge in California has agreed with WhatsApp that the NSO Group, the Israeli cybersurveillance firm behind the Pegasus spyware, had hacked into its systems by sending malware through its servers to thousands of its users' phones.

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 2019 hacking spree that breached over 1,

A U.S. judge has ruled against the Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO for breaching WhatsApp servers and installing spyware on 1,400 devices.

Last week, a judge found NSO Group liable for infecting over 1,400 devices. While that’s likely a drop in the bucket compared to how many more could be out there, it’s a start to holding makers of industrial-grade mercenary spyware responsible for the damage their tools can do.