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WhatsApp Gets Legal Victory Against Pegasus Spyware Maker

The Information · Abram Brown · last updated

NSO Group, the Israeli company behind Pegasus spyware, violated U.S. federal and state laws when it hacked WhatsApp to surveil more than 1,000 users of the messaging app in 2019, a federal judge ruled on Friday. The decision is seen as a major win for cybersecurity activists who have raised …

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