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Pakistani hackers used Facebook to target people and officials in Afghanistan during the Taliban’s capture of Kabul. Facebook said on Tuesday that it has removed a group of hackers from Pakistan that was targeting people from Afghanistan.
For this, a group of hackers created accounts in the name of women. While giving the lure of romantic way, the hackers did things to entice the users. It was also involved in downloading group chat apps. The group, known as Sidecopy, was targeting people affiliated with the previous Afghan government, the military and law enforcement agencies in Kabul.
Facebook said this while alerting the users
Facebook (now changed to Meta) said, “We have deactivated their accounts, blocking their domains from being posted on our platform. We have shared information with our industry peers, security researchers and law enforcement agencies and alerted those we believe were targeted by these hackers.”
Pakistani hackers rigged through fake app
These hackers from Pakistan operated fake app stores and also tampered with valid websites, so that people’s Facebook credentials could be manipulated.
Malware programs installed by deceiving users
Sidecopy attempted to trick people into installing trojanized chat apps (malware-laden programs that mislead people about its true intent), including messengers posing as Viber and Signal. or custom-built Android apps included. In this, malware was cleverly incorporated to access the device.
Facebook said that among them were apps named HappyChat, HangOn, Chatout, TrendBenter, SmartSnap and TeleChat – some of which were operating as real chat applications.
(Input- IANS)
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