WhatsApp sues spyware maker NSO Group, accusing it of not merely enabling but actually supervising a "highly sophisticated" attack on 1,400 targets, incl. journalists & civil-society activists.

.@wcathcart announcement: https://t.co/EhNrxXUfn0

Complaint: https://t.co/FjTdWReuW5

— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) October 29, 2019

Today @WhatsApp is taking a stand against the dangerous use of spyware. NSO Group claims they responsibly serve governments, but we found more than 100 human rights defenders and journalists targeted in an attack last May. This abuse must be stopped. https://t.co/iSMuwLa9yb

— Will Cathcart (@wcathcart) October 29, 2019

In September, @jsrailton told @beckpeterson that any potential lawsuits against NSO Group over its hacking are "more likely ...going to come from companies than victims in the future." Today Facebook and WhatsApp sued NSO Group https://t.co/QLkPy4KeUb

— John Cook (@johnjcook) October 29, 2019

Fascinating! WhatsApp/Facebook attributes attacks of human rights defenders to NSO Group’s surveillance tech, and sues. Great work by @citizenlab that helped expose threats to vulnerable communities. Hope European politicians will move on leading with laws to stop these products https://t.co/ZDt6fzeJHi

— Marietje Schaake (@MarietjeSchaake) October 29, 2019

this is very big. #WhatsApp sues NSO Group ??? https://t.co/RLANBBQo7z

— David Kaye (@davidakaye) October 29, 2019

This is huge. I am really glad to see a tech company put their massive litigation team on the field on behalf of users. https://t.co/utcbSMVvys

— Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) October 29, 2019

NSO Group is a menace to democracy. https://t.co/x62o1NpxKT

— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) October 29, 2019

NSO Group was leasing Amazon servers to deploy their malware, which puts the ball somewhat in Amazon's court here. Among the victims targeted were journalists, prominent women who've been harassed online, as well as some who've been the targets of repeated assassination attempts. https://t.co/veX4ynTZZS

— Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) October 29, 2019

WhatsApp "sent a special WhatsApp message to approximately 1,400 users" to notify them that they were targeted by NSO Group's "missed call" phone hack: https://t.co/zWpyVuAc4Z

— Bill Marczak (@billmarczak) October 29, 2019

thanks to @wcathcart for making this point https://t.co/RLANBBQo7z pic.twitter.com/AWDAt7LGMr

— David Kaye (@davidakaye) October 29, 2019

Global surveillance giant threatens small surveillance company. Decries use of surveillance enabling servers for surveillance.

https://t.co/EFKUmEgkAH

— thaddeus e. grugq (@thegrugq) October 30, 2019

From the @nytimes newsroom: WhatsApp "is seeking a permanent injunction banning NSO from its service, and called on lawmakers to ban the use of cyberweapons like those sold by NSO Group to governments all over the world," writes @nicoleperlroth https://t.co/75ih0AiVPW

— Privacy Project (@PrivacyProject) October 29, 2019

The Washington Post Opinion Page is really giving both sides a voice on this issuehttps://t.co/2iOlFTzSn2https://t.co/PvrUQzi7ys pic.twitter.com/6mAk9JRyZ6

— Tom Gara (@tomgara) October 29, 2019

WhatsApp is suing an infamous spyware vendor for allegedly hacking its users https://t.co/1SMpxrgjeV pic.twitter.com/XJcYk0NO6k

— The Verge (@verge) October 29, 2019

Facebook filed a lawsuit today against NSO Group over a WhatsApp zero-day that was deployed in May 2019 to install Pegasus spyware on more than 1,400 Android and iPhone smartphoneshttps://t.co/rPGhcnoFcP pic.twitter.com/0HinGzLXxC

— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) October 29, 2019

Over One Hundred New Abuse Cases involving NSO Group spyware by @citizenlab: https://t.co/hHAF58M5Bl

— profdeibert (@RonDeibert) October 29, 2019

Bloomberg: Facebook Sues Israel’s NSO Over Alleged WhatsApp Malware Attack https://t.co/D7w5CsoHdr <case brought by former FCC enforcer Travis LeBlanc & @BerkeleyLaw alum Joe Mornin

— Chris Hoofnagle (@hoofnagle) October 29, 2019