WhatsApp wins Rs 1,400 crore as US Jury finds NSO Group liable for Pegasus spyware attacks

WhatsApp has been awarded $167 million (approximately Rs 1,414.856 crores) in damages following a ruling against the NSO Group, infamous for its Pegasus spyware, which was found guilty of disseminating malware via the messaging platform. This decision concludes a six-year legal battle. In 2019, WhatsApp's parent company, Meta, filed a lawsuit against the Israeli NSO Group after discovering that its Pegasus spyware targeted over 1,400 individuals across 20 countries, including journalists and human rights advocates. Meta described the event as a “highly sophisticated cyber attack” that enabled malware to infiltrate devices through video calls, even when those calls went unanswered.

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