A federal jury on Tuesday returned a punitive damages award of $167.3 million and $444,719 in compensatory damages for the Meta Platforms Inc.-owned company.
The verdict in the US District Court for the Northern District of California comes after a federal judge ruled last December that NSO had violated state and federal anti-hacking laws when the firm attacked 1,400 mobile phones with its Pegasus spyware using WhatsApp servers.
The Tuesday verdict said NSO ...
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