Google locks Afghan government accounts as Taliban seek emails -source
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Google has temporarily locked down an unspecified number of Afghan government email accounts, according to a person familiar with the matter, as fears grow over the digital paper trail left by former officials and their international partners.
In the weeks since the Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan from a U.S.-backed government, reports have highlighted how biometric and Afghan payroll databases might be exploited by the new rulers to hunt their enemies.
In a statement on Friday, Alphabet Inc's Google (GOOGL.O) stopped short of confirming that Afghan government accounts were being locked down, saying that the company was monitoring the situation in Afghanistan and "taking temporary actions to secure relevant accounts."
One employee of the former government has told Reuters the Taliban are seeking to acquire former officials' emails.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-google-locks-afghan-government-accounts-taliban-seek-emails-source-2021-09-03/
Lonestarblue
(9,880 posts)The Taliban may have a better media story, but I doubt they have changed their religious extremism. But we have our own religious extremists to fight, including the majority on the Supreme Court.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)with the republican party shooting themselves in the ass every day , there leadership being what it is , no more TFG nutcase to lead the , ( underground fake president mental midget ) conference ! TFG & pompous did a fine job diplomacy! it's a wonder they didn't fly them here on AF -1 . all this MEDIA BULL SHIT is just that ! I don't believe 85% of what comes out of the media ! so, believe what ya want !
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)are becoming the more and more becoming like governments of their own, from policy to investigation to enforcement.