Israeli Spyware Company Begs Ninth Circuit for Immunity From WhatsApp Suit
The case is a test of whether sovereign immunity can be extended to cybersurveillance firms working for foreign governments. The WhatsApp communications app is pictured on a smartphone, in New York on March 10, 2017. WhatsApp says a vulnerability in the popular communications app let mobile phones be infected with sophisticated spyware with a missed in-app call alone. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Three Ninth Circuit judges signaled Monday that they are unlikely to upend centuries of legal precedent by granting sovereign immunity to an Israeli software firm whose cyb...