NSO Group wins dismissal of journalists' US spyware case
( September 30, 2026, 19:20 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Journalists bringing US claims against NSO Group Technologies for using Pegasus spyware on their iPhones lack jurisdiction to bring those claims in California, according to a federal judge. District Judge James Donato said that just because NSO may have interacted with Apple’s servers that may have been located in California, that isn’t enough to establish standing. The devices that were targeted and accessed were iPhones owned by the journalists living in El Salvador at the time of the attacks.See attached file. ...
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