After First-term Trump Ambassador Friedman Was Appointed Chair of Pegasus-maker NSO as Part of a Takeover by a Hollywood Producer, the CEO Steps Down Amid a Possible Shift in U.S. Spyware Policy Under Donald Trump
NSO Group had sought to stay the order pending a decision on its appeal in the case, which centers on allegations that it targeted 1,400 WhatsApp users with its powerful zero-click Pegasus spyware in 2019.
The widow of slain Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi Monday filed a legal complaint in France accusing Saudi Arabia of using Israeli spyware to steal data from her phones before he was killed, her lawyers said.
In a court filing ahead of the ruling, NSO told the judge that blocking it from targeting WhatsApp infrastructure to implant its spyware could “put NSO’s entire enterprise at risk” and “force NSO out of business.”
Hollywood producer Robert Simonds takes controlling stake, appoints former Trump official David Friedman
A U.S. court has ordered Israel's NSO Group to stop targeting Meta Platforms' WhatsApp messaging service, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business.
Hollywood producer Robert Simonds leads the deal, subject to Israeli and U.S. regulatory review.
The appellate court on Tuesday sent the case back to the lower court for further consideration, saying it had “abused its discretion” and improperly applied the law when deciding Salvadoran journalists had no right to sue in U.S. courts.
Spyware maker NSO Group asked a federal judge to reduce the damages it owes to WhatsApp in a case involving 1,400 infected phones, or set up a new trial.
An appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by Jamal Khashoggi's widow against spyware maker NSO Group, citing lack of jurisdiction.
The landmark trial between WhatsApp and NSO Group unearthed several new revelations. We recap some of them here.
It’s a major ruling in a landmark lawsuit that has had plenty of twists and turns — with more likely to come.
This is the first time representatives for the spyware maker have publicly named its government customers.
The Israeli spyware maker, still on the US Commerce Department’s “blacklist,” has hired a new lobbying firm with direct ties to the Trump administration, a WIRED investigation has found.
Spyware maker NSO Group wants to call expert witnesses as a jury decides on damages in a civil case involving WhatsApp. A federal judge appears disinclined to honor the request, saying their testimony about the company's practices might not be relevant.
The list of 1,223 victims in 51 countries hints at the “true scale of the spyware problem,” per one researcher.
Amnesty International has found evidence that two journalists at the Serbia-based Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (“BIRN”), an award-winning network of investigative journalists, were targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware in February 2025.
Zbigniew Ziobro, former justice minister of Poland, has been arrested for allegedly signing off on the use of government money to pay for spyware used to snoop on opposition leaders.