https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211113/16170747939/ninth-circuit-tells-nso-group-it-isnt-government-has-no-immunity-whatapps-lawsuit.shtml > Long before its current run of Very Bad News, Israeli malware purveyor NSO Group was already controversial. Investigations had shown its exploits were being used to target journalists and activists and its customer list included governments known mostly for their human rights abuses. > Facebook and WhatsApp sued NSO in November 2019, alleging -- among other things -- that NSO had violated WhatsApp's terms of use by deploying malware via the chat service. The arguments made by Facebook/WhatsApp aren't the best and they could allow the CFAA to be abused even more by expanding the definition of "unauthorized access."