Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Jury orders <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSO</span></a> to pay $167 million for hacking <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> users<br>The verdict is a major victory for opponents of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/exploit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploit</span></a> sellers.</p><p>A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NSOGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSOGroup</span></a> for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/exploiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploiting</span></a> a software <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vulnerability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerability</span></a> that hijacked the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phones</span></a> of thousands of users. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/jury-orders-nso-to-pay-167-million-for-hacking-whatsapp-users/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">05/jury-orders-nso-to-pay-167-million-for-hacking-whatsapp-users/</span></a></p>