A trial team led by Greg Andres, Antonio Perez-Marques and Micah Block of Davis Polk & Wardwell convinced jurors that NSO Group, the Israeli company behind the Pegasus spyware, “engaged in malice, oppression or fraud” in violation of California’s anti-hacking law,

The case caps a six-year battle between the social media giant and the surveillance firm, casting an unusual amount of light on the spyware industry.

The Israeli electronic surveillance company NSO Group was ordered to pay $167 million in damages to WhatsApp and its parent company Meta, bringing a close to six years of litigation.