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US Jury Awards WhatsApp $168 Mn In NSO Group Cyberespionage Suit

Meta says evidence during a US trial revealed that Israel-based NSO Group spends tens of millions of dollars annually looking into ways to get spyware onto people's devices through browsers, apps, and operating systems (Credit: AFP)

A US jury on Tuesday handed WhatsApp a major victory in its cyberespionage suit against NSO Group, ordering the Israel-based firm to pay some $168 million in damages.

Meta-owned WhatsApp sued NSO in late 2019 in federal court in Northern California, accusing it of planting Pegasus spy software on the smartphones of targets using the messaging app.

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