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Litigators of the Week: Spyware-Maker NSO Group Hit With $168M Verdict for Hacking WhatsApp
A trial team led by Greg Andres, Antonio Perez-Marques and Micah Block of Davis Polk & Wardwell convinced jurors that NSO Group, the Israeli company behind the Pegasus spyware, “engaged in malice, oppression or fraud” in violation of California’s anti-hacking law,
NSO Group Hit with $168m Fine for WhatsApp Pegasus Spyware Abuse
On May 6, a California federal jury found that the Israeli spyware vendor owes $167.254 million in punitive damages for hacking into about 1400 WhatsApp users' devices. It will also have to pay $444,719 in compensatory damages to Meta, the owner of WhatsApp.
NSO Group Fined $168M for Targeting 1,400 WhatsApp Users With Pegasus Spyware
A federal jury on Tuesday decided that NSO Group must pay Meta-owned WhatsApp WhatsApp approximately $168 million in monetary damages, more than four months after a federal judge ruled that the Israeli company violated U.S. laws by exploiting WhatsApp servers to deploy Pegasus spyware, targeting over 1,400 individuals globally.
An eight-person jury granted Meta $444,719 in compensatory damages to cover the costs of addressing the breach, plus an ...
NSO Group, the Israeli spyware-maker behind Pegasus, must pay Meta $167.25 million for hacking 1,400 users across WhatsApp. A ...
Israel's NSO Group has been ordered to pay over $167 million in damages to Meta over 2019 WhatsApp spyware campaign.
Meta’s legal battle against NSO Group carries potential ramifications for India, which was the second-most targeted country ...
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$168M Blow to Pegasus: Spy Tech Firm Exposed for Abusing WhatsApp to Target CiviliansIn a landmark court ruling, the creator of the infamous Pegasus spyware, NSO Group, has been ordered to pay $168 million in ...
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