A spyware firm has been targeting WhatsApp users with malicious links in contravention of a US court order forbidding it from doing so, Meta has said.
In a post, Meta said WhatsApp had “caught and disrupted spear phishing attempts” by NSO Group, which a spokesperson said targeted a handful of users in Jordan and Lebanon. It had also caught the group creating “test accounts and groups” on WhatsApp....
The strongest version of this narrative is that NSO Group, despite legal restrictions and a rebranding effort, continues to engage in aggressive surveillance tactics, undermining its claims of ethical reform. Meta’s allegations, supported by technical evidence of spear phishing and test accounts, suggest a pattern of defiance against court orders. The involvement of high-profile figures like David Friedman and lobbying efforts to remove NSO from the US blacklist add weight to the argument that t...