WhatsApp May Pursue Computer Fraud Claims Against Spyware Firm

Mealey's (July 20, 2020, 9:31 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal judge on July 16 mostly denied a tech company's motion to dismiss claims by WhatsApp Inc. related to the deployment of a surveillance program via its platform, finding that the plaintiff established jurisdiction over the foreign defendant and sufficiently alleged its unauthorized access claim under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) (WhatsApp Inc., et al. v. NSO Group Technologies Limited, et al., No. 4:19-cv-07123, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125628)....