A California jury awarded Meta nearly $168 million in compensation on May 6 in a privacy case against Israeli spyware company NSO Group.
In October 2019, WhatsApp and Facebook, both of which operate under Meta, filed a lawsuit against NSO Group. The complaint alleged that in April and May 2019, NSO used WhatsApp services to “send malware to approximately 1,400 mobile phones and devices” to surveil users of these devices.
In December 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of WhatsApp, finding NSO to be liable under three charges: violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, breach of the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act, and breach of contract….