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

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,

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.

Israeli-based NSO Group found guilty of hacking 1400 accounts; WhatsApp lawsuit exposes illegal spyware operations.

WhatsApp wins U.S. court ruling against NSO Group for Pegasus misuse; 43 intrusions revealed, damages trial ahead.

A California judge ruled against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group in a lawsuit filed by WhatsApp, accusing NSO of exploiting a bug to install Pegasus spyware. The judge held NSO liable for hacking and breach of contract,

California District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton granted the Meta-owned messaging service platform's motion for summary judgment against NSTO, finding the five-year-old case that it had violated the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act with the pernicious spying program known as Pegasus, reported The Washington Post.

WhatsApp had filed a lawsuit against NSO, accusing it of infecting and surveilling the phones of nearly 1,400 people through the Pegasus spyware

A US judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms' WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorized surveillance.