U.S. Court Orders NSO Group to Disclose Code for Spyware Products

NSO Group, the maker of one the world’s most sophisticated cyber weapons, has been ordered by a U.S. court to hand its code for Pegasus and other spyware products to WhatsApp as part of the company’s ongoing litigation. The decision by Judge Phyllis Hamilton is a major legal victory for WhatsApp, the Meta-owned communication app which has been embroiled in a lawsuit against NSO since 2019, when it alleged that the Israeli company’s spyware had been used against 1,400 WhatsApp users over a two-week period.