NSO Group could be exposed to liability from other technology groups for exploiting their platforms’ vulnerabilities

The Israeli firm behind the Pegasus spyware has been ordered to pay WhatsApp $167m (£125m) for hacking 1,400 people in 2019. Pegasus is malicious software which can be installed remotely on mobile phones to access, among other things, people's microphones and cameras.

Meta won its case in December after a ruling that the spyware company used Pegasus to target "over a thousand" WhatsApp users.