Facebook says hackers in Pakistan targeted Afghan users amid government collapse

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Facebook says hackers in Pakistan targeted Afghan users amid government collapse

Threat group codenamed 'SideCopy'.

Hackers from Pakistan used Facebook to target people in Afghanistan with connections to the previous government during the Taliban's takeover of the country, the company's threat investigators said in an interview with Reuters. Facebook said the group, known in the security industry as ...

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