Data Privacy
Feb. 27, 2025
Meta seeks to ban NSO Group from platforms after WhatsApp hack
Meta demands a permanent ban on NSO Group from its platforms, alleging the Israeli firm's Pegasus spyware hacked 1,400 WhatsApp users, sparking a heated legal battle.
Meta Platforms Inc. asked a federal judge in Oakland to permanently bar NSO Group Technologies LTD, an Israeli cyber intelligence company, from using any of its social media platforms and force the company to delete all information gathered from its 2019 alleged hack of 1,400 WhatsApp users.
Meta and WhatsApp's legal team from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP filed the permanent injunction motion Monday, two months after U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton granted their summary ...
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