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US judge questions NSO's bid for new trial over spyware following $168 million award to Meta

By Xu Yuan ( August 29, 2025, 00:41 GMT | Insight) -- A US federal judge challenged NSO Group Technologies, owner of spyware Pegasus, to reconcile its seemingly contradictory arguments with respect to its request for a new trial after a federal jury awarded Meta Platforms $168 million in damages for installing Pegasus to spy on WhatsApp users.A US federal judge challenged NSO Group Technologies, the owner of spyware Pegasus, to reconcile its seemingly contradictory arguments with respect to its request for a new trial after a federal jury awarded Meta Platforms $168 million in damages for installing Pegasus to surveil WhatsApp users....

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