Israeli spyware firm NSO ordered to pay Meta, WhatsApp nearly $170M over hacking

May 7, 2025 - 09:00
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Israeli spyware firm NSO ordered to pay Meta, WhatsApp nearly $170M over hacking
A federal jury in California ordered Israeli cyberintelligence firm NSO Group on Tuesday to pay Meta and WhatsApp nearly $170 million for hacking about 1,400 users on the instant messaging platform.  The spyware vendor, which created the Pegasus surveillance tool, has to pay $167,256,000 in punitive damages and another $440,000 in compensatory damages. The verdict,…