Social media giant Meta won $167 million in punitive damages after a California jury slammed Israeli spyware-maker NSO Group over a hack that involved 1,400 WhatsApp users' devices. See Also: What ...

However, on Tuesday (06.05.25), a jury in California agreed that NSO needed to hand over $444,719 in compensatory damages, as well as $167.3m in punitive damages to Meta.

The jury also decided that NSO Group must pay $444,719 in compensatory damages to Meta. NSO Group had argued it was not responsible for how its customers used Pegasus.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Meta Platforms won a $168 million verdict against the Israeli surveillance firm NSO, the company said Tuesday, capping a six-year arm wrestling match between America's ...

The Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group Technologies Ltd. today was ordered to pay $167 million in damages to Meta, ending a 6-year court battle after the former was accused of installing ...

Meta Platforms, Inc. META -owned WhatsApp has secured a $168 million jury verdict against NSO Group, the Israeli firm behind the controversial Pegasus spyware, over a 2019 hacking incident.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel's NSO Group was handed a $168 million penalty by a federal jury in California on Tuesday for hijacking the servers of WhatsApp in order to hack users of the Meta-owned ...

(Reuters) -Social media giant Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it has been awarded $168 million in damages from the Israeli spyware firm NSO group after the surveillance company was found liable for ...

Meta counters that it is being punished for being an innovative and aggressive tech company. It has always competed fairly, Meta's lawyers say, and regulators are attempting to punish the tech ...