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Hackers from Pakistan used Facebook to target people in Afghanistan with connections to the previous government during the Taliban''s takeover of the country.

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Hackers from Pakistan used Facebook to target people in Afghanistan during the Taliban''s takeover of the country, claimed 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 in Kabul, it said. Facebook said it removed SideCopy from its platform in August. The social media company, which recently changed its name to Meta, said the group created fictitious personas of young women as "romantic lures" to build trust and trick targets into clicking phishing links or downloading malicious chat apps. It also compromised legitimate websites to manipulate people into giving up their Facebook credentials. Indian hackers behind attack on FBR website: Tarin "It''s always difficult for us to speculate as to the end goal of the threat actor," Facebook''s head of cyber espionage investigations, Mike Dvilyanski, said. "We don''t know exactly who was compromised or what the end result of that was." Major online platforms and email providers including Facebook, Twitter Inc, Alphabet Inc''s Google and Microsoft Corp''s LinkedIn have said they took steps to lock down Afghan users'' accounts during the Taliban''s swift takeover of the country this past summer.

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The promise of a "metaverse" is being used by companies across entertainment, tech and gaming to lure developers and excite investors. Why it matters: While each company defines metaverse differently, the broad concept of bringing people together in a virtual interactive world seems to have taken over the chatter in Hollywood and Silicon Valley. By the numbers: The word "metaverse " has been mentioned 128 times so far this year during investor presentations, compared to just 7 times last year, according to data from corporate research company Sentieo. The terms "AR or VR" were mentioned 991 times year-to-date, which is on pace with 2020 mentions, but nearly double the 547 mentions in 2015. Blockchain buzzwords began blowing up on earnings calls a few years ago. Driving the news: Disney on Thursday shocked Wall Street by telling investors it hopes to connect consumers via "our own Disney metaverse." Disney CEO Bob Chapek offered few details about the company''s plan, but told CNBC in an interview that he aims to use Disney+ as a platform for the metaverse.

The adtech giant formerly known as Facebook is still tracking teens for ad targeting on its social media platforms, according to new research by Fairplay, Global Action Plan and Reset Australia apparently contradicting Facebooks announcement this summer when the tech giant claimed it would be limiting how advertisers could reach kids. Facebook has since []

The adtech giant formerly known as Facebook is still tracking teens for ad targeting on its social media platforms, according to new research by Fairplay, Global Action Plan and Reset Australia apparently contradicting Facebooks announcement this summer when the tech giant claimed it would be limiting how advertisers could reach kids. Facebook has since []

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