Meta wins $168 million in damages from Israeli cyberintel firm in Whatsapp spyware scandal
Although NSO Group plans to appeal, the jury’s award represents a significant win for privacy advocates and critics of the spyware vendor.
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Meta won nearly $168 million in damages Tuesday from Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group, capping more than five years of litigation over a May 2019 attack that downloaded spyware on more than 1,400 WhatsApp users’ phones.An eight-person jury awarded the Silicon Valley giant $444,719 in compensatory damages, the monetary cost to...
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