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The jury statue that the company behind the Pegasus spy program should damage more than $ 167 million to distribute a malicious program via WhatsApp. The verdict is a great victory for meta after a legal battle for a long time with the NSO group.
Meta sued the NSO group In 2019 His pegasus spy program. Meta said at that time In 20 countries, more than 1,400 people, including journalists and human rights activists. The company said “Highly developed cyber attack” Distribute malware Through video calls even when calls are unanswered. Last year, a judge had a supporter of meta and the Israeli company violator US computer fraud and abuse act. On Tuesday, the judgment was convicted of a week, which lasted a week to determine how much it should result in damage to Meta.
As a result, the jury awarded the meta $ 444,719, $ 167,254,000 for compensation damage and punishment damage. In a commentWhatsApp’s global communication VP Carl Woog, sentenced to the convictions of this harmful industry against American companies and a critical obstacle against the confidentiality and security of the people we serve. “
Explaining as “Cyber Intelligence”, the NSO group, US telephone numbers, said it was impossible to use Pegasus. Lawyers for the company, the lawyers argued that WhatsApp did not hurt in any way by Pegasus, according to Justice News Service.
In a statement, the NSO said that the Gil Lainer sentence was “another step in the long trial” and the “next trial” or the appeal will continue. “We believe that our technology has played an important role in preventing serious crimes and terrorism and responsibly in the position of authorized government agencies.”
WhatsApp’s Woog knows that Meta is a “long way” to collect losses from NSO. “As a result, we would like to make a gift to digital law organizations working to defend people against the whole world attacks.” Added that Meta plans to make a court decision to prevent the NSO to target WhatsApp in the future.
