{"id":146155,"date":"2025-10-20T22:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/nso-permanently-barred-from-targeting-whatsapp-users-with-pegasus-spyware\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T22:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:18:22","slug":"nso-permanently-barred-from-targeting-whatsapp-users-with-pegasus-spyware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/nso-permanently-barred-from-targeting-whatsapp-users-with-pegasus-spyware\/","title":{"rendered":"NSO permanently barred from targeting WhatsApp users with Pegasus spyware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A federal judge has ordered spyware maker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsogroup.com\/\">NSO<\/a> to stop using its Pegasus app to target or infect users of WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.350613\/gov.uscourts.cand.350613.802.0.pdf\">ruling<\/a>, issued Friday by Phyllis J. Hamilton of of the US District Court of the District of Northern California, grants a permanent injunction sought by WhatsApp owner Meta in a case it brought against NSO <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2019\/10\/whatsapp-suit-says-israeli-spyware-maker-exploited-its-app-to-infect-1400-users\/\">in 2019<\/a>. The lawsuit alleged that Meta caught NSO trying to surreptitiously infect about 1,400 mobile phones\u2014many belonging to attorneys, journalists, human-rights activists, political dissidents, diplomats, and senior foreign government officials\u2014with Pegasus. As part of the campaign, NSO created fake WhatsApp accounts and targeted Meta infrastructure. The suit sought monetary awards and an injunction against the practice.<\/p>\n<h2>Setting a precedent<\/h2>\n<p>Friday\u2019s ruling ordered NSO to permanently cease targeting WhatsApp users, attempting to infect their devices, or intercepted WhatsApp messages, which are end-to-end encrypted using the open source <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/10\/why-signals-post-quantum-makeover-is-an-amazing-engineering-achievement\/\">Signal Protocol<\/a>. Hamilton also ruled that NSO must delete any data it obtained when targeting the WhatsApp users.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/10\/nso-permanently-barred-from-targeting-whatsapp-users-with-pegasus-spyware\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/10\/nso-permanently-barred-from-targeting-whatsapp-users-with-pegasus-spyware\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge has ordered spyware maker NSO to stop using its Pegasus app to target or infect users of WhatsApp. The ruling, issued Friday by Phyllis J. Hamilton of of the US District Court of the District of Northern California, grants a permanent injunction sought by WhatsApp owner Meta in a case it brought against NSO in 2019. 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