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Spyware firm targeted WhatsApp users in defiance of US court order, Meta says

Tech company says it ‘caught and disrupted’ NSO Group’s attempts to access accounts in Jordan and Lebanon 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. Continue reading...

Reference details

Source category
research-report
First reported
Jun 09, 2026 16:20 UTC
Last reported
Jun 09, 2026 16:20 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 14, 2026 17:49 UTC
Record ID
eb02d91c0479080af9c7a2cdb0c2024306f9c956224d4b4c33adb1073ddc581d

Published indicators

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Source observations

intelligence_src_08225c2d3f1c653468

Source-provided label
Publisher RSS metadata
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Jun 09, 2026 16:20 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 14, 2026 17:49 UTC

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Feed collection status

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1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 0 unverified.

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