Forwarded from Pegasus NSO & other spyware
NSO spyware firm founded in Israel has been targeting Whatsapp users in Jordan and Lebanon with malicious links, despite a US court order forbidding it from doing so, according to Meta.
Meta said earlier this week that it had caught and disrupted “spear phishing attempts” by NSO Group on Whatsapp, which had targeted a handful of users in Jordan and Lebanon.
The tech giant said it also caught the spyware firm creating “test accounts and groups” on Whatsapp.
NSO Group was founded in Israel and built the infamous Pegasus software, which was able to infiltrate Whatsapp users and harvest their messages, photos, calls and other data.
The company has been under US ownership since last year.
In 2025, NSO Group lost a court case against Meta over its targeting of Whatsapp users, and was ordered to pay the tech giant $167m. That was later reduced to just $4m, however NSO Group was permanently barred from targeting Whatsapp and its users.@MiddleEastEye_TG
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