Turkish residents’ personal data offered online after government site hacked

An internet site known as sorgupaneli.org is providing to offer Turkish residents’ non-public data that was stolen from the e-Devlet government companies web site, even claiming to have the ability to provide President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s personal data.

The hacked data that’s being offered at no cost by the web site in return for a membership signup contains ID numbers, telephone numbers and details about folks’s relations.

More delicate data, together with full addresses, actual property deeds and training particulars, is being offered with a paid premium membership.

When BIRN accessed the web site, it stated that the personal data on provide contains details about high-ranking state and government officers together with Erdogan and Turkey’s most important opposition chief Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

Experts stated that the data theft is the most important but in Turkey and constitutes a significant digital safety downside.

“First and foremost, access to this website should be blocked. Following this, a full-scale investigation should be launched,” Sule Ozsoy Boyunsuz, a professor of constitutional legislation, informed HALK TV.

The Turkish authorities have to date remained silent on the difficulty and the web site stays accessible though it usually crashes as a result of excessive demand placing strain on its servers.

e-Devlet, which suggests e-government, is the primary public administration portal in Turkey, and contains personal data together with particulars about training, well being, banking credentials and tax standing.

For a number of years, the e-Devlet web site has been criticised for not being safe sufficient, however the authorities have dismissed the claims.