We can see cyber attacks on universities from time to time in Turkey and around the world. In the past days, it was seen that hackers who accessed the databases of three universities in Turkey seized the information of students and staff. While this attack was expected to be confirmed, the first confirmation came from İzmir Katip Çelebi University.
İzmir Katip Çelebi University, in the information message it sent to its students and staff, announced that student and staff information was seized as a result of the cyber attack. The university apologized to its students and staff for the situation and announced that necessary actions were taken. Information on university students and staff first appeared on a hacker forum site on October 14.
The information obtained is as follows:
According to the information shared by Hacker on the forum, the information of 3900 personnel and more than 40 thousand students in total at İzmir Katip Çelebi University has been seized. The information obtained is as follows:
- addresses
- Phone numbers
- TC identification numbers
- The program they are in
- Student numbers
- Edu extension email addresses
The information of the staff and students of 2 universities from Turkey is shared by the same hacker:
In addition, the hacker, who shared the information obtained from the attack, which was confirmed by İzmir Katip Çelebi University, announced that the information of the students and staff of Erzurum Technical University and Kastamonu University was also seized and offered for sale. It is seen that the information obtained from these universities is the same information.
- It is worrying that the user’s name is ‘MoreToCome (More to come)’.
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