Google locks Afghan government accounts as Taliban seek emails
The Hindu
Publicly available mail exchanger records show that some two dozen Afghan government bodies used Google's servers to handle official emails, including the ministries of finance, industry,higher education, and mines.
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. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click to subscribe for free.) In the weeks since the Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan from a U.S.-backed government, reports have highlighted howMore Related News