From Judge Karin Immergut (D. Or.) yesterday in Alhathloul v. DarkMatter Group:
This case involves allegedly unlawful actions by Defendant DarkMatter Group ("DarkMatter"), a software company based in the United Arab Emirates, and three of its former senior executives, Marc Baier, Ryan Adams, and Daniel Gericke (the "individual Defendants" and, together with DarkMatter, the "Defendants"). Plaintiff Loujain Alhathloul, a prominent Saudi women's rights activist, alleges the Defendants hacked her iPhone, surveilled her movements, and exfiltrated her private data. Plaintiff alleges the hack facilitated her arrest in the United Arab Emirates and rendition to Saudi Arabia, where she alleges she was imprisoned and tortured. Plaintiff alleges all Defendants violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Ac