Supreme Court asks Justice Department to say whether spyware firm is immune from WhatsApp lawsuit over alleged hacking.

Supreme Court asks Justice Department to say whether spyware firm is immune from WhatsApp lawsuit over alleged hacking.
Authorities say the phones of the two top officials were tapped in an ‘illicit and external intervention’ last year.
North Korea’s hacking programme dates back to the mid-1990s and is believed to employ some 6,000 people.
101 East meets the Chinese hackers on the front lines of the US-China cyberwar.
Eun Young Choi will lead a team dedicated to investigating and prosecuting illicit cryptocurrency schemes.
Citizen Lab watchdog says Israeli NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware used by operator working in country since early 2020.
The Biden administration blacklisted Israeli spyware firm NSO in November, but experts say more needs to be done.
Vladislav Klyushin, a 41-year-old from Moscow, was extradited by the US from Switzerland on Dec. 18, prosecutors said.
Group says total of four companies should be punished for helping governments commit human rights abuses.
US blacklists scandal-plagued NSO, adding pressure on the company that has to pay back $450 million in loans.
Google claims the two Russian nationals silently infiltrated more than a million computers and devices around the world.
The phones of at least nine US State Department employees were hacked by Israeli firm’s spyware, news agency reports.
Government invites citizen volunteers to flag ‘anti-national’ content as activists fear creation of surveillance state.
Apple lawsuit accuses NSO Group of using its Pegasus spyware to hack devices and enable human rights abuses.