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US court orders spyware company NSO to stop targeting WhatsApp, reduces damages

October 19, 2025 10:01 am

Pegasus takes advantage of weaknesses in commonly deployed pieces of software to power its surveillance, making WhatsApp one of its bigger targets.

Why a US court has ordered Pegasus-maker NSO Group to pay Meta $167 million

May 07, 2025 6:39 pm

Meta’s legal battle against NSO Group carries potential ramifications for India, which was the second-most targeted country in the 2019 WhatsApp hacking campaign involving Pegasus spyware.

Pegasus: 300 of 1,400 users from India, why ruling may re-open tapping debate

December 23, 2024 9:29 am

The decision came in a case filed by Meta-owned WhatsApp against the NSO Group, with the judge in the case, Phyllis Hamilton, holding that the Israeli spyware maker was liable for targeting the devices of 1,400 WhatsApp users

India goes shopping for new spyware system that rivals Pegasus: FT report

April 02, 2023 7:19 am

The discussion, which, according to the FT report, are “in advanced stages,” comes amid US attempts to clamp down on the shadowy $12-bn spyware industry that it believes is an increasing threat to its national security.

An end to the manufactured Pegasus scandal

August 29, 2022 8:26 am

The Supreme Court has brought the curtains down on the Pegasus controversy and what has once again come to the fore is the irrelevance of the Congress party and the Gandhi family

Pegasus spyware owner NSO sues Israeli newspaper

February 28, 2022 11:13 am

Newspaper reports said police spied on politicians, protesters and even members of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's inner circle, including one of his sons.

NSO sues Israeli paper after explosive articles on police

February 27, 2022 7:40 pm

The NSO suit targets a specific article published earlier this month, which said the company allowed clients to delete traces of their use of the spyware, a claim it denies

Explained: How a 'fake image' in a Saudi activist's phone blew the lid off NSO's Pegasus spyware

February 18, 2022 7:59 pm

A glitch in NSO Group's spyware Pegasus left a "mysterious fake image file" on the phone of Saudi Arabian activist. This likely helped researchers discover how the malware infected phones.

How a Saudi woman's iPhone revealed hacking around the world

February 18, 2022 10:32 am

An unusual error in NSO’s spyware allowed Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul and privacy researchers to discover a trove of evidence suggesting the Israeli spyware maker had helped hack her iPhone.

No plan to ban NSO group, don’t know whether it has been blacklisted in US: Centre to Parliament

December 04, 2021 3:35 pm

🔴 In November, the US Department of Commerce had blacklisted two Israeli spyware companies, NSO Group and Candiru, adding them to the list of foreign establishments that engage in malicious cyber activities.

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