NSO Group, izraelska firma odpowiedzialna za Pegasusa, została zobowiązana do zapłaty 167 mln USD firmie Meta Platforms
Proces sądowy, który trwał przez sześć lat, zakończył się werdyktem na korzyść Mety Platforms, której izraelski NSO Group musi zapłacić 167 milionów USD odszkodowania.
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![NSO Group markets Pegasus as surveillance software for governments that enables clients to monitor victims activities and extract data from compromised devices.
In a historic ruling last week, a Northern California federal judge held NSO Group liable for targeting the devices of 1,400 WhatsApp users, violating state and federal hacking laws as well as WhatsApp’s terms of service, which prohibit the use of the messaging platform for malicious purposes. [This ruling is a huge win for privacy.]
The attacks leveraged a then zero-day vulnerability in the app's voice calling feature (CVE-2019-3568, CVSS score: 9.8) to trigger the deployment of the spyware.
<https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3568>
The ruling comes five years after Meta-owned WhatsApp sued NSO Group, alleging the spyware outfit had exploited an audio-calling vulnerability in the messaging platform to install its Pegasus spyware on unsuspecting users devices. WhatsApp said that more than 100 human rights defenders, journalists and “other members of civil society” were targeted by the malware, along with government officials and diplomats.](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/113/724/693/509/934/285/original/31ed57b6f870e152.jpeg "NSO Group markets Pegasus as surveillance software for governments that enables clients to monitor victims activities and extract data from compromised devices.
In a historic ruling last week, a Northern California federal judge held NSO Group liable for targeting the devices of 1,400 WhatsApp users, violating state and federal hacking laws as well as WhatsApp’s terms of service, which prohibit the use of the messaging platform for malicious purposes. [This ruling is a huge win for privacy.]
The attacks leveraged a then zero-day vulnerability in the app's voice calling feature (CVE-2019-3568, CVSS score: 9.8) to trigger the deployment of the spyware.
<https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3568>
The ruling comes five years after Meta-owned WhatsApp sued NSO Group, alleging the spyware outfit had exploited an audio-calling vulnerability in the messaging platform to install its Pegasus spyware on unsuspecting users devices. WhatsApp said that more than 100 human rights defenders, journalists and “other members of civil society” were targeted by the malware, along with government officials and diplomats.")
