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WhatsApp Parent Meta Allowed to Pursue Lawsuit Against NSO Group for Installing Pegasus Malware
- Monday January 9, 2023
- Reuters
The US Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
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US Supreme Court Seeks Biden Views In WhatsApp 'Pegasus' Spyware Lawsuit
- Monday June 6, 2022
- World News | Reuters
The US Supreme Court asked President Joe Biden's administration to weigh in on whether the justices should hear a case on whether Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp can pursue a lawsuit involving Israel's NSO Group.
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Facebook Can Pursue Malware Lawsuit Against Pegasus Maker NSO Group: US Appeals Court
- Tuesday November 9, 2021
- Reuters
A US appeals court said Facebook can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its WhatsApp messaging app to install malware allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists, and dissidents.
- www.gadgets360.com
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"Interesting Coincidence": Signal Messaging App's Tweet Amid Pegasus Row
- Tuesday July 20, 2021
- India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Amid growing outrage over the Pegasus phone-hacking row, Signal - pitched by itself as a more secure version of WhatsApp - took a swipe at the government over new IT laws requiring messaging apps to break encryption and 'trace' chats.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pegasus Use for Committing ‘Horrible Human Rights Abuses’ Must Be Stopped, Says WhatsApp Chief
- Monday July 19, 2021
- Jagmeet Singh
Israeli Firm NSO Group’s Pegasus is used to “commit horrible human rights abuses” globally and “it must be stopped”, WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart said in a long thread on Twitter. Cathcart’s comments have come in response to the latest investigation carried out by a global media consortium that has revealed that the spyware is being use...
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Pegasus Spyware of Israel Firm NSO Group Being Used to Target Journalists, Activists, Government Officials
- Monday July 19, 2021
- Associated Press
Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents, according to an investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Explained: How Pegasus Is Used To Hack Into Phones To Spy On Users
- Sunday July 18, 2021
- India News | Edited by Harish Pullanoor
In 2019, WhatsApp alleged that Pegasus was used to snoop on 1,400 of its users across the world, including Indian journalists. NSO, the spyware's Israeli developer, denied this saying it is sold only to "vetted and legitimate government agencies".
- www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Asked by Supreme Court to Reply on Petition for Non-Sharing of UPI Data With Facebook, Third Parties
- Monday February 1, 2021
- PTI
WhatsApp has been asked by the Supreme Court to file response on a plea seeking a direction to the RBI and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to ensure that data collected on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platforms is not shared with their parent companies or any third party.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Joined by Human Rights Groups to Fight Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Group
- Thursday December 24, 2020
- Ryan Gallagher, Bloomberg
A coalition of human rights and press freedom groups have filed a brief supporting Facebook’s lawsuit against the Israeli surveillance technology company NSO Group, arguing that the “very core of the principles that America represents” are at stake in the case.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Pay Refutes Allegations of Data Hacking by Spyware Pegasus in Supreme Court
- Tuesday December 15, 2020
- ANI
WhatsApp refuted before the Supreme Court the claims that its payment services system was not secure and reliable and can be hacked by Israeli spy software Pegasus.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WeChat Monitors Files Shared by International Users to Bolster Censorship in China, Says Citizen Lab
- Saturday May 9, 2020
- Jagmeet Singh
Research group that found the Pegasus attack in WhatsApp, says WeChat has a system to monitor non-China accounts to censor documents and images for its Chinese users.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Israeli Court Orders Facebook to Unblock Account of NSO Group Employee
- Thursday March 12, 2020
- Reuters
A group of NSO employees filed a suit against Facebook in November, saying the social media group had unfairly blocked their private accounts when it sued NSO in October.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Reported a Dozen Security Vulnerabilities in 2019, US Database Reveals
- Wednesday January 29, 2020
- Jagmeet Singh
WhatsApp is found to have disclosed a total of 12 vulnerabilities in 2019. Entries were found on the US National Vulnerability Database (NVD).
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp: Government Plans Security Audit of Chat App After Hacking Attempt
- Friday November 29, 2019
- Reuters
India wants to conduct an audit of WhatsApp's security systems following revelations that a spyware exploited vulnerabilities in the Facebook-owned messaging platform, technology minister said on Thursday.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Expressed Regret Over Spying Row, Promised To Do Better: Sources
- Thursday November 21, 2019
- India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob
Messaging service provider WhatsApp has "expressed regret" over the Pegasus snooping controversy and assured the government of all possible steps to ensure that such incidents do not occur in the future, sources said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Parent Meta Allowed to Pursue Lawsuit Against NSO Group for Installing Pegasus Malware
- Monday January 9, 2023
- Reuters
The US Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
- www.gadgets360.com
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US Supreme Court Seeks Biden Views In WhatsApp 'Pegasus' Spyware Lawsuit
- Monday June 6, 2022
- World News | Reuters
The US Supreme Court asked President Joe Biden's administration to weigh in on whether the justices should hear a case on whether Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp can pursue a lawsuit involving Israel's NSO Group.
- www.ndtv.com
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Facebook Can Pursue Malware Lawsuit Against Pegasus Maker NSO Group: US Appeals Court
- Tuesday November 9, 2021
- Reuters
A US appeals court said Facebook can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its WhatsApp messaging app to install malware allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists, and dissidents.
- www.gadgets360.com
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"Interesting Coincidence": Signal Messaging App's Tweet Amid Pegasus Row
- Tuesday July 20, 2021
- India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Amid growing outrage over the Pegasus phone-hacking row, Signal - pitched by itself as a more secure version of WhatsApp - took a swipe at the government over new IT laws requiring messaging apps to break encryption and 'trace' chats.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pegasus Use for Committing ‘Horrible Human Rights Abuses’ Must Be Stopped, Says WhatsApp Chief
- Monday July 19, 2021
- Jagmeet Singh
Israeli Firm NSO Group’s Pegasus is used to “commit horrible human rights abuses” globally and “it must be stopped”, WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart said in a long thread on Twitter. Cathcart’s comments have come in response to the latest investigation carried out by a global media consortium that has revealed that the spyware is being use...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Pegasus Spyware of Israel Firm NSO Group Being Used to Target Journalists, Activists, Government Officials
- Monday July 19, 2021
- Associated Press
Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents, according to an investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Explained: How Pegasus Is Used To Hack Into Phones To Spy On Users
- Sunday July 18, 2021
- India News | Edited by Harish Pullanoor
In 2019, WhatsApp alleged that Pegasus was used to snoop on 1,400 of its users across the world, including Indian journalists. NSO, the spyware's Israeli developer, denied this saying it is sold only to "vetted and legitimate government agencies".
- www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Asked by Supreme Court to Reply on Petition for Non-Sharing of UPI Data With Facebook, Third Parties
- Monday February 1, 2021
- PTI
WhatsApp has been asked by the Supreme Court to file response on a plea seeking a direction to the RBI and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to ensure that data collected on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platforms is not shared with their parent companies or any third party.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Joined by Human Rights Groups to Fight Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Group
- Thursday December 24, 2020
- Ryan Gallagher, Bloomberg
A coalition of human rights and press freedom groups have filed a brief supporting Facebook’s lawsuit against the Israeli surveillance technology company NSO Group, arguing that the “very core of the principles that America represents” are at stake in the case.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Pay Refutes Allegations of Data Hacking by Spyware Pegasus in Supreme Court
- Tuesday December 15, 2020
- ANI
WhatsApp refuted before the Supreme Court the claims that its payment services system was not secure and reliable and can be hacked by Israeli spy software Pegasus.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WeChat Monitors Files Shared by International Users to Bolster Censorship in China, Says Citizen Lab
- Saturday May 9, 2020
- Jagmeet Singh
Research group that found the Pegasus attack in WhatsApp, says WeChat has a system to monitor non-China accounts to censor documents and images for its Chinese users.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Israeli Court Orders Facebook to Unblock Account of NSO Group Employee
- Thursday March 12, 2020
- Reuters
A group of NSO employees filed a suit against Facebook in November, saying the social media group had unfairly blocked their private accounts when it sued NSO in October.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Reported a Dozen Security Vulnerabilities in 2019, US Database Reveals
- Wednesday January 29, 2020
- Jagmeet Singh
WhatsApp is found to have disclosed a total of 12 vulnerabilities in 2019. Entries were found on the US National Vulnerability Database (NVD).
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp: Government Plans Security Audit of Chat App After Hacking Attempt
- Friday November 29, 2019
- Reuters
India wants to conduct an audit of WhatsApp's security systems following revelations that a spyware exploited vulnerabilities in the Facebook-owned messaging platform, technology minister said on Thursday.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Expressed Regret Over Spying Row, Promised To Do Better: Sources
- Thursday November 21, 2019
- India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob
Messaging service provider WhatsApp has "expressed regret" over the Pegasus snooping controversy and assured the government of all possible steps to ensure that such incidents do not occur in the future, sources said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com