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@natynettle

@natynettle
27 posts
2025-12-31
3/ Any hasty decisions to remove sanctions from individuals involved in conducting cyber attacks against US persons and interests risk signaling to bad actors that this behavior may come with little consequences as long as they can pay enough💰 for fancy lobbyists.
2025-12-31 View on X
The Record

The US Treasury has lifted sanctions on three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa, reversing a designation imposed by the Biden administration in 2024

Suzanne Smalley / The Record :

2/ The sanctions were originally imposed in 2024 for their role in targeting U.S. gov officials, incl.  Rep Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Sens. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), as well as journalists & policy experts, with Predator spyware.
2025-12-31 View on X
The Record

The US Treasury has lifted sanctions on three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa, reversing a designation imposed by the Biden administration in 2024

Suzanne Smalley / The Record :

2025-10-18
This ruling is a BIG DEAL & may essentially kill Pegasus spyware *as we know it.* To comply, NSO would have to ensure that their spyware cannot access WhatsApp messages or break WhatsApp's encryption. This means that NSO can no longer offer “unlimited” access to victims' 📱s
2025-10-18 View on X
Courthouse News Service

A US judge bars NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users and cuts the ~$168M damages verdict awarded to Meta by a jury in May to $4M, ruling it was excessive

Meta previously won $168 million in damages over claims spyware compromised WhatsApp users, but a judge reduced the damages down to $4 million.

2025-06-13
New bombshell report from Citizen Lab confirming with high confidence that Italian Fanpage.it journalist Ciro Pellegrino + anonymous European journalist were targeted with Paragon's Graphite mercenary spyware.  —  This scandal is not going away...  citizenlab.ca/2025/06/firs...
2025-06-13 View on X
TechCrunch

A Citizen Lab report finds that two European journalists had their iPhones hacked with Paragon spyware; Apple fixed the zero-day used in the spyware in February

Act Now To Prevent Attacks Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Apple Confirms iPhone Flaw Was Used to Spy on Journalists Kevin Poireault / Infosecurity : European Journalists Target...

2025-05-07
NSO to pay almost 168 million in damages!  —  Congrats to WhatsApp on this historic (yes, historic) jury verdict against NSO Group!  —  This is also a win for all the researchers, advocates & victims who have been tirelessly exposing NSO's abuses & advocating for justice!  —  www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
2025-05-07 View on X
Courthouse News Service

A US jury awards Meta nearly $168M in damages from Israeli spyware maker NSO Group in connection with the 2019 spyware attack on 1,400+ WhatsApp users' phones

Although NSO Group will likely appeal, the jury's award represents a significant win for privacy advocates and critics of the notorious spyware vendor.

2025-02-01
This is not just a question of some bad apples — these types of abuses are a feature of the commercial spyware industry. Shared my thoughts on the new @WhatsApp #Paragon hacking with @lorenzofb from @TechCrunch
2025-02-01 View on X
The Guardian

WhatsApp says it disrupted a campaign in which 90 journalists and other members of civil society were targeted using spyware from Israel-based Paragon

What You Need To Know Türkiye Today : WhatsApp claims Israeli spyware targeted 90 journalists Business Today : WhatsApp exposes spyware targeting journalists, some users by Israeli...

NEW: @WhatsApp notifies civil society victims that they were targeted with #Paragon spyware. This highlights the fundamental problem with the commercial spyware industry being unable to police itself. We need regulation and accountability now! [image]
2025-02-01 View on X
The Guardian

WhatsApp says it disrupted a campaign in which 90 journalists and other members of civil society were targeted using spyware from Israel-based Paragon

What You Need To Know Türkiye Today : WhatsApp claims Israeli spyware targeted 90 journalists Business Today : WhatsApp exposes spyware targeting journalists, some users by Israeli...

2024-12-21
The court just handed @WhatsApp a major win in the case against NSO Group ⚖️🎉 NSO was found liable under federal #CFAA & state law for #Pegasus hacking through WhatsApp's servers. As a lawyer working on surveillance, let me break down the ruling🧵 1/ [image]
2024-12-21 View on X
Washington Post

A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO

Israel-based maker of Pegasus program loses five-year-old landmark case.  —  Messaging giant WhatsApp won a landmark ruling Friday …

5/ Since the court found NSO liable, all that remains to be decided at trial is how much should NSO pay to WhatsApp - the damages. The WhatsApp v NSO Jury Trial is scheduled to begin on March 3, 2025 at 8:30am in Oakland, CA. This will be a case to watch! [image]
2024-12-21 View on X
Washington Post

A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO

Israel-based maker of Pegasus program loses five-year-old landmark case.  —  Messaging giant WhatsApp won a landmark ruling Friday …

2/ First, Court rules that NSO violated the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act by sending messages through WhatsApp servers to hack users w/ Pegasus. NSO argued that because they had WhatsApp accounts, they were authorized to use them as they wanted (incl. hacking). Court did not buy it [image]
2024-12-21 View on X
Washington Post

A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO

Israel-based maker of Pegasus program loses five-year-old landmark case.  —  Messaging giant WhatsApp won a landmark ruling Friday …

4/ Third, Court ruled that NSO breached the contract w/ WhatsApp by violating Terms of Service. WhatsApp's ToS prohibit, among other things, sending harmful code, collecting users' info & using the app for illegal purposes. Which is exactly what NSO did through Pegasus hacking [image]
2024-12-21 View on X
Washington Post

A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO

Israel-based maker of Pegasus program loses five-year-old landmark case.  —  Messaging giant WhatsApp won a landmark ruling Friday …

3/ Second, Court found that NSO violated CDAFA. It is similar to CFAA but requires that defendant specifically targets CA servers. As NSO failed to provide Pegasus source code relevant to establishing this claim, the court ruled in favor of WhatsApp as an evidentiary sanction. [image]
2024-12-21 View on X
Washington Post

A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO

Israel-based maker of Pegasus program loses five-year-old landmark case.  —  Messaging giant WhatsApp won a landmark ruling Friday …

6/ So will the Pegasus victims get the damages from NSO? Well, this lawsuit was only between WhastApp and NSO. But it promises to have a big impact on other cases brought against spyware companies. And it validates so many victims' experiences...
2024-12-21 View on X
Washington Post

A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO

Israel-based maker of Pegasus program loses five-year-old landmark case.  —  Messaging giant WhatsApp won a landmark ruling Friday …

2024-10-04
Excited to announce that we participated in @Microsoft's litigation aimed at seizing 66 domains of the Russian hackers STAR BLIZZARD (COLDRIVER) that we covered in our recent report w/ @citizenlab + @DeptFirst @TheJusticeDept also seized 41 domains https://www.accessnow.org/... [image]
2024-10-04 View on X
Bloomberg

The US and Microsoft seize 107 websites used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies in the US operating under Star Blizzard, a group active since 2016

Today, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia unsealed a civil action brought … Ben Johnson : 👏 I'm very proud that today, it was unveiled that the NGO-ISAC,...

2024-03-18
Big news! 🙌 Last year we revealed that @meduzaproject' Galina Timchenko was hacked with #Pegasus spyware in Berlin. Now #Germany is finally taking steps to counter #spyware proliferation threatening media freedoms, human rights & national security.
2024-03-18 View on X
CNN

The US says Poland, Ireland, Finland, Germany, Japan, and South Korea joined the US-led anti-spyware pact; Five Eyes and six countries signed the pledge in 2023

Sean Lyngaas / CNN :

2024-02-06
Big news! 👏🏽 @POTUS administration has just issued a sanctions policy that would deny visas to individuals who misuse or facilitate the misuse of commercial spyware + their family members. ❌🕵️‍♂️📱 EU should follow suit! https://www.state.gov/...
2024-02-06 View on X
Axios

The US State Department implements a new policy that allows “the imposition of visa restrictions on individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware”

Sam Sabin / Axios :

Big news! 👏🏽 @POTUS administration has just issued a sanctions policy that would deny visas to individuals who misuse or facilitate the misuse of commercial spyware + their family members. ❌🕵️‍♂️📱 EU should follow suit! https://www.state.gov/...
2024-02-06 View on X
CyberScoop

Google's TAG publishes a report on commercial spyware, detailing ~40 vendors, and says global governments should take more aggressive steps to combat spyware

The commercial spyware industry continues to supply highly advanced surveillance capabilities despite efforts to better regulate it.

2023-01-06
NEW: Meta announced today that it's launching proxy support for @WhatsApp messenger, which can help circumvent #internetshutdowns and blockings. I spoke to @mattburgess1 from @WIRED on why this is good news. https://www.wired.com/...
2023-01-06 View on X
Wired

WhatsApp launches proxy support globally, letting users with blocked or disrupted connections use the app via servers set up by volunteers and organizations

If you are unable to connect directly to WhatsApp, a proxy can be used … The Hacker News : WhatsApp Introduces Proxy Support to Help Users Bypass Internet Censorship Jon Porter / T...

2022-08-01
Spoke to @mattburgess1 from @WIRED on how Russia is trying all methods to block @torproject & eliminate truthful information about the war in Ukraine. But I remain hopeful they will not succeed! https://www.wired.co.uk/...
2022-08-01 View on X
Wired

How Tor has been fighting Russia's efforts to block the anonymous browser since December 2021, including using Telegram to share volunteer-run Tor bridges

Russia has been trying to block the anonymous browser since December—with mixed results.  —  For years, the anonymity service Tor … Tweets: @heartlandorg , @wedf_forum , @oliverlin...

2022-07-18
NEW: @citiznenlab found NSO Group's Pegasus spyware on Thai civil society phones. One of the victims - Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul - a young woman jailed for wearing a crop top that offended Thai king Sounds like the type of “terrorist” that NSO claims its spyware is made for https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-18 View on X
Washington Post

After Apple notified Thai activists and human rights supporters in November they had been hacked, Citizen Lab confirms 30+ have been hacked by NSO's Pegasus

Listen  —  Gift Article  —  More than 30 Thai activists and supporters have been hacked with NSO Group's potent Pegasus spyware …