Facebook says Pak hackers targeted Afghan users amid Taliban takeover

Facebook has said that hackers from Pakistan targeted users in Afghanistan with connections to the previous government during the Taliban's takeover of the country.

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 SideCopy, shared links to websites hosting malware which could surveil people's devices. Targets included people connected to the government, military and law enforcement in Kabul, it said. Facebook said it removed SideCopy from its platform in August.