WhatsApp sued the Israeli cybersurveillance firm NSO Group in federal court, claiming the company used the popular messaging service in a wide-ranging spy campaign on journalists and human-rights activists. WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, claims in the lawsuit that an NSO Group program used WhatsApp to spy on more than 1,400 targets in 20 countries, including 100 journalists and human rights activists.
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