Facebook filed a lawsuit against Israeli company NSO Group, alleging that it was behind the massive WhatsApp hack earlier this year. Privacy experts say that the move is popping the unaccountable bubble that commercial spyware companies have carved out for themselves. Citizen Lab identified over 100 cases of abusive targeting of human rights defenders and journalists in at least 20 countries across the globe, stemming from the spyware. John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at Citizen Lab, led the charge on the investigation into the alleged WhatsApp hack.
Source: https://threatpost.com/whatsapp-hack-nso-group-investigation/149696/