<ul><li>A jury ordered NSO Group to pay over $167 million in damages to WhatsApp after a five-year legal battle.</li><li>The case revealed that NSO Group cut off some government customers for misusing its Pegasus spyware.</li><li>The trial disclosed details of the zero-click WhatsApp attack that downloaded Pegasus spyware via fake calls.</li><li>NSO Group confirmed testing Pegasus on a U.S. number for the FBI, but it was not deployed.</li><li>Pegasus' hacking methods are chosen by the system, not the government customers.</li><li>NSO Group's headquarters shares a building with Apple in Israel.</li><li>Despite the lawsuit, NSO Group continued targeting WhatsApp users using the spyware.</li><li>NSO Group disclosed having around 350-380 employees and facing financial challenges.</li><li>NSO Group spent millions on R&D expenses and its customers paid millions for Pegasus access.</li><li>The spyware maker claimed financial struggles and reluctance to pay damages in the trial.</li></ul>

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