The US District Court has issued a permanent injunction banning NSO Group from hacking WhatsApp and targeting its users, reducing the damages awarded earlier this year. This ruling marks a significant legal victory for WhatsApp in its efforts to prevent unauthorized surveillance and protect user privacy. #NSOGroup #WhatsApp
Keypoints
- WhatsApp filed a lawsuit against NSO Group in 2019 over spyware targeting its users.
- The court ruled NSO liable for hacking and issued a permanent ban on targeting WhatsApp users.
- NSO is ordered to cease reverse engineering WhatsApp and destroy related source code.
- The damages awarded to WhatsApp were reduced from over $167 million to just over $4 million.
- The injunction applies only to WhatsApp and not other Meta services like Instagram and Facebook.
Read More: https://www.securityweek.com/nso-ordered-to-stop-hacking-whatsapp-but-damages-cut-to-4-million/