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Coverage dated October 17, 2025

US court bars NSO Group from installing spyware on WhatsApp

Headline from Digital Journal

The spyware was repeatedly redesigned to escape detection and bypass security fixes at WhatsApp, the court concluded.

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  1. Digital Journal

    US court bars NSO Group from installing spyware on WhatsApp (opens Digital Journal)

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    The spyware was repeatedly redesigned to escape detection and bypass security fixes at WhatsApp, the court concluded.

  2. Engadget

    Court reduces damages Meta will get from spyware maker NSO Group but bans it from WhatsApp (opens Engadget)

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    US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton has reduced the damages Meta is getting from the NSO Group from $167 million to $4 million, but she has also ordered the Israeli spyware maker to stop targeting WhatsApp.

  3. Al Jazeera

    US court bars Israeli spyware firm from targeting WhatsApp users (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Judge rules Israeli firm NSO caused ‘irreparable harm’, but said an earlier award of $168m in damages was ‘excessive’.

  4. News Nation Now

    US court tells Israeli company to stop targeting WhatsApp (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    A U.S. court has ordered Israel's NSO Group, maker of Pegasus, to stop targeting WhatsApp, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business.

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