Atatürk University in Erzurum came to the fore with a data leak. According to the data breach notification published on the website of the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK), the information of students and employees was leaked.Hackers, who seized the user name and password of a staff member, gained access to the system and captured the personal data of approximately 12 thousand people. It was announced that the data leak was detected on 09.08.2023.
The information of the students’ family row number, log row number and volume row number were leaked.
According to the statement made by Atatürk University, students and employees’ TR ID number, name, surname, date of birth, place of birth, family number, file number, volume number, physical contact address registered in the system, e-mail address, mobile phone number, Personal data such as the unit being trained were leaked.
In summary, in the data breach notification conveyed to the Board by Atatürk University;
- On 09.08.2023, it was noticed that there was excessive traffic in the transaction logs,
- In the investigations, it was thought that it was determined that unauthorized access to personal data was provided and student and employee information was viewed by using the user name and password of the personnel with administrative duties,
- TR ID number, name, surname, date of birth, place of birth, family number, register number, volume sequence number, physical contact address registered in the system, e-mail address, mobile phone number, unit information of the personal data subject to violation is,
- The number of related persons affected by the violation is approximately 12,000;
- The relevant group of persons affected by the violation is employees and students.
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