{"id":18745,"date":"2025-05-06T23:37:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T21:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/court-clash-between-meta-and-nso-ends-in-168m-defeat-for-spyware-firm\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T23:37:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T21:37:59","slug":"court-clash-between-meta-and-nso-ends-in-168m-defeat-for-spyware-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/court-clash-between-meta-and-nso-ends-in-168m-defeat-for-spyware-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168m defeat for spyware firm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damages awarded after earlier ruling found NSO unlawfully exploited a bug in WhatsApp to spy on users<\/p>\n

Meta<\/a> Platforms won a $168m verdict against the Israeli surveillance firm NSO, the company said on Tuesday, capping a six-year arm-wrestling match between the US\u2019s biggest social-networking platform and the world\u2019s best-known spyware company.<\/p>\n

Meta had already won after a December ruling found that NSO had unlawfully exploited a bug in its messaging service WhatsApp<\/a> to plant spy software on its users\u2019 phones. On Tuesday, a jury in California ruled that NSO owed Meta $444,719 in compensatory damages \u2013 and $167.3m in punitive damages, Meta said.<\/p>\n

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\nDamages awarded after earlier ruling found NSO unlawfully exploited a bug in WhatsApp to spy on users
\nMeta Platforms won a $168m verdict against the Israeli surveillance firm NSO, the company said on Tuesday, capping a six-year arm-wrestling match between the US\u2019s biggest social-networking platform and the world\u2019s best-known spyware company.
\nMeta had already won after a December ruling found that NSO had unlawfully exploited a bug in its messaging service WhatsApp to plant spy software on its users\u2019 phones. On Tuesday, a jury in California ruled that NSO owed Meta $444,719 in compensatory damages \u2013 and $167.3m in punitive damages, Meta said. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damages awarded after earlier ruling found NSO unlawfully exploited a bug in WhatsApp to spy on users Meta Platforms won a $168m verdict against the Israeli surveillance firm NSO, the company said on Tuesday, capping a six-year arm-wrestling match between the US\u2019s biggest social-networking platform and the world\u2019s best-known spyware company. Meta had already won …<\/p>\n

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