WhatsApp catches new NSO-linked spyware attacks
WhatsApp says NSO Group launched new attacks in violation of a court order and asked the court to hold it in contempt.
What happened
WhatsApp says it "caught and disrupted spear phishing attempts linked to NSO," the maker of Pegasus spyware.
- Attackers sent malicious links to lure people to sites outside WhatsApp.
- Test accounts and groups were created and taken down.
In court
- WhatsApp says this violates a permanent injunction.
- It asked the court to hold NSO in contempt.
- The injunction stems from a 2019 campaign targeting more than 1,400 users.
- A jury ordered NSO to pay $167 million, later reduced to $4 million.
NSO didn't respond.
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