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Judge limits evidence about NSO Group customers, victims in damages trial

A federal judge last week placed strict limits on the kind of evidence NSO Group can raise during a trial on damages in the lawsuit WhatsApp brought against the spyware vendor over allegations it hacked 1,400 of the messaging platform’s users. Under the order, NSO Group is prohibited from presenting evidence about its customers’ identities,…

Judges strike skeptical note of NSO Group’s argument to dismiss case from El Salvadoran journos

A panel of U.S. judges considering an appeal of a ruling that went against El Salvadoran journalists suing NSO Group over alleged infections of their phone by the company’s Pegasus spyware appeared more skeptical Thursday of the vendor’s arguments than those of the reporters. Judge James Donato of the District Court for the Northern District…

Capital One hacker Paige Thompson got too light a sentence, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court overruled a district court judge’s sentence for Capital One hacker Paige Thompson this week, deciding that the sentence of five years’ probation plus time served was too lenient. Describing the hack as the “second largest data breach in the United States at the time, causing tens of millions of dollars in…

Investigator says differing names for hacker groups, hackers studying investigative methods hinders law enforcement

Malicious hacking groups pay close attention to public documents related to criminal prosecutions, and the lack of standardized names for those groups hampers U.S. federal law enforcement, an investigator said in a recent speech. The investigator, who could not be named under the conditions of the speech, said those are just two of many problems…

WhatsApp says it disrupted spyware campaign aimed at reporters, civil society

WhatsApp said Friday that it had disrupted a spyware campaign that targeted 90 people, including journalists and activists. The company tied to the campaign, according to WhatsApp, is Israeli firm Paragon, which last fall signed a $2 million contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and recently was purchased by U.S. private equity giant AE International.…

Judge grants ruling in favor of WhatsApp against spyware firm NSO Group

A federal judge has dealt the first major legal blow against spyware maker NSO Group, ruling in favor of WhatsApp in a five-year-old lawsuit against the Israeli firm over allegations that it hacked the chat service. Northern California District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton made her ruling on Friday as a summary judgment, thus not requiring…

Court indicts 14 North Korean IT workers tied to $88 million in illicit gains

A federal court has indicted 14 more North Korean IT workers as part of an ongoing U.S. government campaign to crack down on Pyongyang’s use of tech professionals to swindle American companies and nonprofits. The Justice Department said the 14 indicted workers generated at least $88 million throughout a conspiracy that stretched over approximately six…

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