DOJ
CONVICTED
criminal indictment
20 Dec 2024
$168.0M
Federal jury finds NSO liable for hacking WhatsApp servers, awards $168M
Following a five-year civil suit by WhatsApp (Meta), a Northern District of California jury found NSO Group liable for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and California state law for exploiting WhatsApp servers to deliver Pegasus spyware. Compensatory plus punitive damages totaled $168 million.
DOC
DESIGNATED
sanctions designation
03 Nov 2021
Added to Commerce Department Entity List for "malicious cyber activities"
The Bureau of Industry and Security added NSO Group to the Entity List, restricting US-origin technology exports. BIS cited evidence that NSO had supplied spyware to foreign governments that used it to maliciously target journalists, embassy workers, and activists.