Judge denies WhatsApp’s bid to hold spyware maker in contempt for allegedly targeting users

A US federal judge has denied WhatsApp’s bid to hold NSO Group in contempt, finding no clear and convincing evidence that the spyware maker violated a 2025 injunction barring it from using WhatsApp’s infrastructure for snooping attacks, The Record reports. WhatsApp’s evidence pointed to 23 new accounts with signatures Meta has associated with NSO, but the judge said the company took a calculated risk by limiting the detail it disclosed.