WhatsApp sues Israel's NSO for allegedly helping spies hack phones globally

In a lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco, messaging service WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook Inc , accused NSO of facilitating government hacking sprees in 20 countries. Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were the only countries identified. WhatsApp said in a statement that 100 civil society members had been targeted, and called it “an unmistakable pattern of abuse.” NSO denied the allegations.

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