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US judge revives Saudi activist’s hacking lawsuit against UAE-based DarkMatter Group

By Maria Dinzeo ( August 14, 2025, 00:32 GMT | Insight) -- A federal judge in Oregon has revived hacking claims against an Emirati spyware firm accused of helping the United Arab Emirates spy on a Saudi women’s rights activist while she was in the United States, citing a recent appellate decision that expanded courts’ reach over foreign defendants in Internet-related cases.United Arab Emirates-based spyware firm DarkMatter Group and three of its former executives must face claims in the US that they illegally spied on Saudi human rights activist Loujain Alhathloul, leading to her arrest and torture in her home country, an Oregon federal judge ruled in an opinion unsealed yesterday....

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