A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp's request for a permanent injunction blocking Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group from targeting the messaging app's users. At the same time, the judge dramatically reduced the fine that NSO Group must pay to Meta. Earlier this year, a jury decided that the cyberintelligence company would have to pay Meta more than $167 million following a 2019 campaign that targeted more than 1,400 WhatsApp users, including human rights activists and journalists.
Qantas has obtained a court injunction to prevent any person or organisation from publishing the customer information stolen in its recent hack. The airline called the ruling of the NSW Supreme Court an 'important next course of action' but also reiterated that there is still 'no evidence' that any data had been released into the public domain.
Judge Maami Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop dispatching "roving patrols" of ICE agents and to ensure detainees have access to lawyers, stating this requirement is "fairly simple and non-controversial."
"Once Congress has passed legislation stating that a program like the Job Corps must exist, and set aside funding for that program, the DOL is not free to do as it pleases."