WhatsApp files reply in support of contempt order against NSO in US
( June 29, 2026, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: WhatsApp filed a reply in support of its motion for a US court to hold NSO Group in contempt for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from targeting WhatsApp and its users. WhatsApp argued that NSO’s opposition only says that WhatsApp has not adequately linked the violative conduct to NSO, even though NSO designs its operations to obscure exactly that link, routing its activity through anonymizing infrastructure and taking deliberate steps to hide its hand. “Having built that opacity, NSO now invokes the uncertainty it creates as a defense,” it said.See attached file. ...
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