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Meta accuses NSO Group of defying spyware injunction, files contempt of court complaint<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/meta-contempt-complaint-nso-group-spyware\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-08 13:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: cyberscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Meta said Monday that it caught a spearphishing campaign linked to spyware maker NSO Group despite a court injunction, prompting the tech giant to file a contempt-of-court complaint.<\/p>\n

The company won a civil case last year against NSO Group barring it from targeting WhatsApp users and securing $168 million in damages, although NSO Group has been appealing the ruling.<\/p>\n

But Meta says NSO Group, makers of the Pegasus spyware, isn\u2019t honoring the permanent injunction.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe successfully disrupted NSO-linked social engineering attempts, after investigating user reports,\u201d it said in a blog post. \u201cThey tried to trick people into clicking on malicious links to drive them to external websites outside of WhatsApp, similar to previously reported 1-click phishing campaigns linked to NSO. We also caught them creating test accounts and groups on WhatsApp, which we took down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meta said the campaign resembled spyware infections that hit journalists and activists in Jordan from 2019 to 2023.<\/p>\n

NSO Group didn\u2019t respond to requests for comment about Meta\u2019s accusations.<\/p>\n

One top researcher who tracks spyware said NSO Group\u2019s actions are an argument for keeping them on the U.S. sanctions \u201centity\u201d list that the company has fought to be removed from since its designation in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cNSO\u2019s own actions make the strongest argument for why they should stay on the Entity list,\u201d John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at the University of Toronto\u2019s Citizen Lab, wrote on social media. \u201cAnd reaffirm that the decision to put them there was the right one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meta made the same argument.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a malicious company on the US government\u2019s Entity List continues to defy US courts, existing restrictions must remain firmly in place,\u201d it said in its blog post. \u201cEasing them would undermine US national security and put American companies and billions of people worldwide who depend on secure communications at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

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