{"id":3613,"date":"2021-11-08T22:37:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T21:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/08\/legal-woes-mount-for-nso-after-court-rules-whatsapp-lawsuit-can-proceed\/"},"modified":"2021-11-08T22:37:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T21:37:03","slug":"legal-woes-mount-for-nso-after-court-rules-whatsapp-lawsuit-can-proceed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/08\/legal-woes-mount-for-nso-after-court-rules-whatsapp-lawsuit-can-proceed\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal woes mount for NSO after court rules WhatsApp lawsuit can proceed"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>US appeals court rejects Israeli company\u2019s claim of immunity<\/li>\n<li>WhatsApp alleges firm\u2019s spyware was used to hack 1,400 users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NSO Group\u2019s legal problems have deepened after a US appeals court thoroughly rejected the Israeli spyware company\u2019s claim that it ought to be protected under sovereign immunity laws, in a high-profile case involving WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>The decision on Monday by the US court of appeals for the ninth circuit means that WhatsApp can proceed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2019\/oct\/29\/whatsapp-sues-israeli-firm-accusing-it-of-hacking-activists-phones\">its lawsuit against NSO<\/a> over allegations that its spyware was used to hack 1,400 users of the app. It also means that the Israeli company will probably have to respond to discovery requirements as the case moves forward.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/nov\/08\/nso-israeli-spyware-company-whatsapp-lawsuit-ruling\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/654bac8bf206c1aea00ae2260ff8058cbe6d3215\/0_97_3500_2101\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d4303f9da3fdeef586d2af7f3e41479b\" title=\"Legal woes mount for NSO after court rules WhatsApp lawsuit can proceed\" \/>US appeals court rejects Israeli company\u2019s claim of immunity<br \/>\nWhatsApp alleges firm\u2019s spyware was used to hack 1,400 users<\/p>\n<p>NSO Group\u2019s legal problems have deepened after a US appeals court thoroughly rejected the Israeli spyware company\u2019s claim that it ought to be protected under sovereign immunity laws, in a high-profile case involving WhatsApp.<br \/>\nThe decision on Monday by the US court of appeals for the ninth circuit means that WhatsApp can proceed with its lawsuit against NSO over allegations that its spyware was used to hack 1,400 users of the app. It also means that the Israeli company will probably have to respond to discovery requirements as the case moves forward. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US appeals court rejects Israeli company\u2019s claim of immunity WhatsApp alleges firm\u2019s spyware was used to hack 1,400 users NSO Group\u2019s legal problems have deepened after a US appeals court thoroughly rejected the Israeli spyware company\u2019s claim that it ought to be protected under sovereign immunity laws, in a high-profile case involving WhatsApp. The decision &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/08\/legal-woes-mount-for-nso-after-court-rules-whatsapp-lawsuit-can-proceed\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Legal woes mount for NSO after court rules WhatsApp lawsuit can proceed<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}