Citizen Lab says the phone of a member of Europe’s PEGA Committee was infected twice with Pegasus, the NSO Group spyware that gave the panel its name.

The company said it spotted a spearphishing campaign linked to the Israeli spyware maker targeting WhatsApp users, despite a court order prohibiting it.

Rep. Summer Lee’s letter, first reported by CyberScoop, follows ICE confirmation of using spyware and news of a Trump ally becoming NSO Group’s executive chairman.

The new “Strict Account Settings” toggle extends WhatsApp’s privacy push beyond end-to-end encryption.

The spyware vendor made those two arguments, among others, in a motion to stay the California court ruling.

Palo Alto Networks researchers haven’t been able to identify who’s behind the commercial-grade tech yet.

The judge also reduced the amount NSO Group would have to pay in punitive damages from $167.3 million to $4 million.

The system, a five-year effort to address memory safety “at scale,” is the result of spyware developers making zero-click exploits that targeted a device’s memory.

The court vacated the district court’s decision to dismiss the case against NSO Group, saying it abused its discretion in doing so.

Hanan Elatr Khashoggi has alleged that the spyware vendor played a role in the death of her husband.