A U.S. federal jury has ruled in favour of WhatsApp in its cyber-espionage lawsuit against Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group, ordering the company to pay approximately $168 million in punitive damages. The lawsuit, filed in late 2019 in the Northern District of California, alleged that NSO Group illegally installed its Pegasus spyware on smartphones via WhatsApp. The spyware was reportedly deployed after users downloaded the messaging application, according to the complaint. “This trial ...