On Tuesday, a federal jury fined the NSO group $168 million after the group had targeted Meta-owned WhatsApp and its users. The Israeli company had used WhatsApp servers to deploy Pegasus spyware, and targeted over 1,400 users across the globe. WhatsApp had originally filed a lawsuit against the group back in 2019, accusing NSO Group of targeting journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents with Pegasus. 

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