{"id":9066,"date":"2025-10-19T08:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/spyware-maker-nso-group-blocked-from-whatsapp\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T08:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:39:50","slug":"spyware-maker-nso-group-blocked-from-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/spyware-maker-nso-group-blocked-from-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Spyware maker NSO Group blocked from WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp&rsquo;s request for a permanent injunction blocking Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group from targeting the messaging app&rsquo;s users. At the same time, the judge dramatically reduced the fine that NSO Group must pay to Meta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, a jury decided that the cyberintelligence company would have to pay Meta more than $167 million following a 2019 campaign that targeted more than 1,400 WhatsApp users, including human rights activists and journalists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled Friday that because the court did not have enough evidence to determine that NSO Group&rsquo;s behavior was &ldquo;particularly egregious,&rdquo; the punitive damages ratio was capped at 9 to 1, reducing the payment to around $4 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement provided to Courthouse News Service, Head of WhatsApp Will Cathart said the ruling &ldquo;bans spyware maker NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp and our global users again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&ldquo;We applaud this decision that comes after six years of litigation to hold NSO accountable for targeting members of civil society,&rdquo; Cathart said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NSO Group recently confirmed that it&rsquo;s being acquired by U.S. investors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><sub>Spyware maker NSO Group blocked from WhatsApp<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp&rsquo;s request for a permanent injunction blocking Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group from targeting the messaging app&rsquo;s users. At the same time, the judge dramatically reduced the fine that NSO Group must pay to Meta. Earlier this year, a jury decided that the cyberintelligence company would have to pay&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/spyware-maker-nso-group-blocked-from-whatsapp\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Spyware maker NSO Group blocked from WhatsApp&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}