Five things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit

On Tuesday, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in damages to the Meta-owned company. The verdict came after a week-long jury trial that featured several testimonies, including NSO Group’s CEO Yaron Shohat and WhatsApp employees who responded and investigated the incident. “Once received, those messages would trigger the user’s phone to reach out to a third server and download the Pegasus spyware. The fact that NSO Group’s headquarters are openly advertised is somewhat interesting on its own. NSO Group admitted that it kept targeting WhatsApp users after the lawsuit was filedFollowing the spyware attack, WhatsApp filed its lawsuit against NSO Group in November 2019.