--- title: Meta declares war on Israeli spyware firm | daily.dev description: Meta is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from targeting... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-declares-war-on-israeli-spyware-firm-3rlmi0ivd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta declares war on Israeli spyware firm | daily.dev og:description: Meta is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from targeting... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-declares-war-on-israeli-spyware-firm-3rlmi0ivd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3rLMI0iVd.png og:image:alt: Meta declares war on Israeli spyware firm og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta declares war on Israeli spyware firm **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from targeting WhatsApp and its users. WhatsApp disrupted new spear-phishing attempts linked to NSO, including '1-click phishing campaigns' designed to trick users into clicking malicious links. Meta took down test accounts and groups NSO created on its platform. A US court previously ordered NSO to stop targeting WhatsApp, reducing punitive damages to $4 million from an initial $167 million, while the injunction itself remains a major challenge for NSO, whose Pegasus tool faces ongoing human rights abuse accusations. A coalition of 12 civil rights organizations, security researchers, and privacy advocates filed amicus briefs supporting the permanent injunction against NSO's appeal. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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