--- title: Meta drags NSO back to court over WhatsApp spyware description: Meta is filing a federal contempt order against NSO Group, alleging the Israeli spyware maker violated a permanent injunction barring it from targeting... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-drags-nso-back-to-court-over-whatsapp-spyware-rnfhis4xj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta drags NSO back to court over WhatsApp spyware | daily.dev og:description: Meta is filing a federal contempt order against NSO Group, alleging the Israeli spyware maker violated a permanent injunction barring it from targeting... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-drags-nso-back-to-court-over-whatsapp-spyware-rnfhis4xj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rnfhIS4xj.png og:image:alt: Meta drags NSO back to court over WhatsApp spyware 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 drags NSO back to court over WhatsApp spyware **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta is filing a federal contempt order against NSO Group, alleging the Israeli spyware maker violated a permanent injunction barring it from targeting WhatsApp and its users. Meta says it disrupted new spear-phishing attacks linked to NSO, involving test accounts and malicious links designed to compromise devices with a single tap. NSO is appealing the injunction, while 12 civil-rights organizations and security researchers have filed amicus briefs supporting Meta. The case raises broader questions about whether legal orders can effectively stop commercial spyware vendors, even those blacklisted by the US government. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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