In a significant first, a Californian court found Israeli spyware maker NSO Group liable for hacking WhatsApp’s servers in a lawsuit brought by the Meta-owned platform in 2019. The court will now determine the damages.
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The district court of Northern District of California concluded that the NSO Group had violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA) and Californian Penal Code, and breached its contract with WhatsApp by using it
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