Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, Diyarbakır Cyber Crime Branch Office caught an organization that was found to be selling citizen information on the Dark Web, the dark side of the internet, with a simultaneous operation carried out in 11 provinces based in Diyarbakır. While it was reported that 20 suspects were caught in total, criminals caught in other provinces were also brought to Diyarbakır by plane.Top public officials targeted
While it was reported that the investigation and the process were long-term, it was learned that the criminals had high-ranking public officials on their radar as the main target. Passwords, etc., through fake e-mails. It was learned that sensitive information was seized, and thus the identity, address and credit card information of 85 million citizens were seized and sold on the Dark Web.
It has been determined that not everyone can become a member of the illegal platform established by the suspects, that “insiders” must be a reference to become a member, and that they must tell each other about the crimes they have committed and share the information they have obtained in order to stay inside. On this platform, it was determined that the suspects told each other what to do in order not to be caught by the cyber police.It was also learned that the suspect, who was stated to be the ringleader of the organization, is still under arrest for another crime, that the other managers of the organization were among those caught, that the managers of the organization only knew each other by their virtual names, and that they did not meet in real life. A large number of phones, computers and hard disks were seized during the searches made at the addresses in question.
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