Icymi, the maker of Pegasus spyware told to pay $167m for WhatsApp hack
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77n76kzmz4o
#NSOGroup
Again and again, #NSOGroup’s customers keep getting their #spyware operations caught
“#AmnestyInternational has spent years tracking #NSO Group #Pegasus spyware and how it has been used to target activists and journalists,” Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, the head of Amnesty’s #Security Lab, told TechCrunch. “This technical research has allowed Amnesty to identify malicious websites used to deliver the Pegasus spyware, including the specific Pegasus domain used in this campaign.”
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/28/again-and-again-nso-groups-customers-keep-getting-their-spyware-operations-caught/
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.
Fascist governments will use fascist tools to continue to be fascists.
Can't expect news like this to continue given our current trajectory, though.
Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users
#NSOGroup Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damages
#Meta had sued the firm, #NSO Group, for using its #spyware to #hack 1,400 #WhatsApp accounts belonging to #journalists , #dissidents and others.
#privacy #surveillance #facebook #instagram
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/technology/nso-meta-damages-whatsapp.html
Jury orders #NSO to pay $167 million for #hacking #WhatsApp users
A #jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based #NSOGroup for exploiting a software #vulnerability that #hijacked the phones of thousands of users.
#isreal #surveillance
At what point will people stop blindly supporting Israel?
They are spying on you!
Apple warns iPhone users in 100 countries that they are victims of spyware
"Aber auch die Niederlande sind mit elf #Pegasus-#Spionageopfern, Frankreich mit sieben Hacking-Fällen und Belgien mit vier Opfern vertreten.
Das Heimatland der #NSOGroup #Israel fehlt ohnehin auf der Liste der Unterstützer." -> genau mein Humor... *facepalm*
gehackt, was später polnische #Staatsanwälte auf den Plan rief. 578 Menschen sollen in unserem Nachbarland in den Jahren 2017 bis 2023 mit #Pegasus ausspioniert worden sein.
Die #Hacking-Software #Pegasus des #israel'ischen Anbieters #NSOGroup soll zudem den #Regierungschef und #Verteidigungsminister von Spanien und das Umfeld des früheren britischen #Regierungschef's Boris Johnson betroffen haben. Neue Recherchen zeigen, dass Spanien bisher insgesamt 21 #Pegasus-Opfer zu verzeichnen hatte...."
> The Israeli spyware maker, still on the US Commerce Department’s “blacklist,” has hired a new lobbying firm with direct ties to the Trump administration, a WIRED investigation has found.
**Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America**
https://www.wired.com/story/nso-group-the-vogel-group-lobbying-trump-administration/
#Spyware Maker #NSOGroup Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America
The #Israeli spyware maker, still on the US Commerce Department’s “blacklist,” has hired a new #lobbying firm with direct ties to the #Trump administration, a WIRED investigation has found.
#blacklist #nso #Israel
https://www.wired.com/story/nso-group-the-vogel-group-lobbying-trump-administration/
Start-up von Ex-Kanzler Kurz über eine Milliarde Dollar wert: Was sagt diese Bewertung aus?
"Kurz hat das Unternehmen 2023 zusammen mit seinen #israel'ischen Geschäftspartnern Gil Dolev und Shalev Hulio gegründet. Hulio ist Geschäftsführer und vor allem deswegen bekannt, weil er früher das israelische Technologieunternehmen #NSOGroup geleitet hat, das die #Spionagesoftware #Pegasus entwickelt. Staaten wie Bahrain und Saudi-Arabien nutzten Pegasus..."
https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000257639/cybersecurity-firma-von-ex-kanzler-kurz-mit-11-milliarden-dollar-bewertet
The US supports Israel full stop while they make software to spy on-
Damn it! I did it again!
Apple currently only able to detect Pegasus spyware in half of infected iPhones
It's for mass surveillance, use of felons coordinating of Meta to target someone for assaults/murder/theft type targeting, physical property theft ( like WaterGate), breaking & entering coordination, targeting by gps the targeting of vehicle car wrecks, etc, as a used by felons type of non-law enforcement kind of thing in the #CALEA #CALEAGreyMarket, when used against ' the press ' or anyone else they target.
#GammaGroup #FinFisher #FinSpy #Finsky
#Meta #GangStalkers & use this software.
It's installed via #GooglePlayStore & #AppleAppStore with #MITM targeting as well as with a phone call or text message from an infected device.
#StateSponsoredMalware
Currently there are some REALLY misconfigured #GammaGroup clients which when called will infect EVERYTHING from you phone to your computer to tablet. It's basically digital rape & slavery. Basically.
Luckily on #Android OS it's super easy to detect without software because it is so overt, not covert.
#RTDNA #infosec #StateSponsoredMalware™
#NSOGroup & #GammaGroup are the most commonly used varieties in USA.
Un equip liderat pel primer investigador del #NSOGroup, que va ajudar a desenvolupar el programari espia #Pegasus, es va traslladar a Barcelona fa més d’un any per fundar Defense Prime. Des de la seva fundació, 60 israelians s’han traslladat a treballar a l’oficina de Barcelona. Els ciberespies fugen de les sancions imposades pels Estats Units a d’altres països i que no afecten el marc europeu.
U.S. Judge rules against NSO Group in WhatsApp Pegasus Spyware Case.
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that spyware maker NSO Group violated U.S. hacking laws by using WhatsApp zero-days to deploy Pegasus spyware on at least 1,400 devices.
![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.")
Großartig!!! 
#Pegasus-#Spähsoftware: #NSOGroup muss gegen WhatsApp einstecken
"In einem US-Gerichtsverfahren musste die NSO Group eine Niederlage einstecken. Nach einer wegweisenden Vorabentscheidung des Richters bleibt nur mehr offen, wie empfindlich das #israel'ische #Überwachungsunternehmen bestraft werden soll.
Dem Richter zufolge sei das israelische Überwachungsunternehmen #illegal in die Systeme des Messengers..."
#TeamDatenschutz #Staatstrojaner
https://netzpolitik.org/2024/nso-group-muss-gegen-whatsapp-einstecken/#netzpolitik-pw
Great!!!
#NSOGroup admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its #Pegasus #spyware, say unsealed court documents
"new revelations about the inner workings of Pegasus, the spyware made by #Israeli #surveillance tech maker NSO Group.
“The #evidence unveiled shows exactly how NSO’s operations #violated U.S. law and launched their cyberattacks against journalists, human rights activists and civil society,”..."
#TeamDatenschutz #Staatstrojaner
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/nso-group-admits-cutting-off-10-customers-because-they-abused-its-pegasus-spyware-say-unsealed-court-documents/
done differently 
