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Facebook can pursue malware lawsuit against NSO Group

By Jonathan Stempel

Nov 9 2021 12:24PM

US appeals court rules.

Facebook can pursue malware lawsuit against NSO Group

A US appeals court said Facebook can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its WhatsApp messaging app to install malware allowing the surveillance of 1400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents. In a 3-0 decision, the 9th US ...

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