The US State Department was the target of a substantial cyberattack in recent weeks according to Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich via Twitter thread. The State Department released a statement saying that,

The Department takes seriously its responsibility to safeguard its information and continuously takes steps to ensure information is protected. For security reasons, we are not in a position to discuss the nature or scope of any alleged cybersecurity incidents at this time.

The State Department went on to say that their normal operations or critical involvement with the situation and evacuation in Afghanistan have not been impacted.

Since taking power in Afghanistan the Taliban have substantially increased their propaganda and international advertising seeking to cement support at home and acknowledgment internationally. To this end one of the Taliban’s elite units known as Badri 313 Battalion recently released a video as well as a number of pictures where they are seen mocking the US. In fact, one of their pictures appears to be a copy of the famous Iwo Jima flag photo from World War II.

Greece has finished construction of a wall and other security measures along its border with Turkey in order to prevent the anticipated surge of Afghan migrants and refuges from entering Greece and the rest of Europe. European Union countries are concerned that the events in Afghanistan will result in a similar situation to the 2015 refuge crisis in and throughout Europe. During that time Greece functioned as the gateway to Europe for the flood of refuges and so it is taking preventative steps from letting that happen again.