WhatsApp is claiming that a new lawsuit accusing it of failing to encrypt users’ communications is simply retaliation from an Israeli spyware company it has been battling for years.
The longstanding fight pits Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp against the NSO Group, which is led by investors helmed by Hollywood powerhouse producer Robert Simonds — and whose infamous chief hacking tool is known as Pegasus.
In one of the latest legal rounds between them, a federal judge ordered NSO to pay Meta Platforms $4 million in punitive damages for targeting Meta users with its spyware.
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WhatsApp is lashing out at an Israeli spyware firm it claims is behind a new lawsuit against it. NurPhoto via Getty Images
The law firm repping NSO in that case
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