A federal judge in California has agreed with WhatsApp that the NSO Group, the Israeli cybersurveillance firm behind the Pegasus spyware, had hacked into its systems by sending malware through its servers to thousands of its users' phones.

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,

NSO Group faces legal action over Pegasus spyware's role in hacking 1,400 WhatsApp users, including activists, journalists, and officials.

A U.S. 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.

A U.S. judge has ruled against the Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO for breaching WhatsApp servers and installing spyware on 1,400 devices.

A U.S. judge ruled in favor of WhatsApp against NSO Group, accused of exploiting a bug to install spyware. The ruling allows the case to proceed to trial on damages, setting a significant precedent for privacy and accountability in the spyware industry.

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 has ruled Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group liable for the 2019 WhatsApp hack, setting a legal precedent in the fight for digital privacy.

In a landmark decision, a federal judge in Northern California has held the NSO Group liable for hacking into 1,400 devices running WhatsApp, with its Pegasus spyware. This is the first time the Israeli spyware manufacturer has been held accountable for such violations.

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.

In a major legal victory, messaging app WhatsApp won a five-year-old case against NSO Group, the creator of the infamous Pegasus spyware. A U.S. judge ruled that the Israeli-based NSO had violated key American laws by hacking into WhatsApp systems and targeting over a thousand phones.