A federal judge has dealt the first major legal blow against spyware maker NSO Group, ruling in favor of WhatsApp in a five-year-old lawsuit against the Israeli firm over allegations that it hacked the chat service.

Northern California District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton made her ruling on Friday as a summary judgment, thus not requiring a full trial. She determined that NSO Group violated U.S. and California anti-hacking laws and had failed to obey court orders to produce evidence, especially the Pegasus spyware source code.

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