Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid and Qari Yousuf claim their phones, email accounts and a website were hacked. Text messages were sent claiming that Mullah Omar had died from heart disease. The Taliban has angrily denied the rumours that the reclusive Afghan leader was dead. Whether the mobile phones of Taliban spokespeople were actually hacked, or whether their phone numbers were spoofed when sending the messages, is unclear. Read more in my article on the Naked Security website. Follow us on Twitter to read more of the exclusive content we post.”]
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