The firm behind the Pegasus spyware has been ordered to pay WhatsApp $167m (£125m) for hacking 1,400 people in 2019. Pegasus is malicious software which can be installed remotely on mobile phones to access, among other things, people's microphones and cameras.

NSO Group, the Israeli cyber intelligence firm behind Pegasus spyware has been asked to pay WhatsApp $167 million for hacking 1,400 people in 2019

A jury ordered huge punitive damages against NSO, the Israel-based maker of spyware already banned from use in the U.S.