Today, where information is more valuable than gold, cyber attacks continue at full speed. On the one hand, attacks on giant companies in the international arena continue, on the other hand, official institutions and organizations can be attacked. Another example of this has happened in the past few days.
YTU Yıldız Technopark, which became operational in 2009 at Yıldız Technical University (YTU) Davutpaşa Campus, announced that it had been subjected to a cyber attack in a statement to the Personal Data Protection Authority. In the statement made by Yıldız Technology Development Zone Teknopark AŞ, it was announced which personal data were affected.
Employee, user and customer information captured
According to the information shared in the statement, the cyber attack took place on May 3, 2022. With the attack, Argeportal, EBYS, eBA, PDKS, logo software and in-company common areas within YTU Yıldız Teknopark were disabled. The cyberattack was discovered on May 5, when a ransom note was found.
The data obtained by hackers as a result of the data breach was shared as follows:
- Credential information
- Contact information
- Location information
- Personal information
- Customer transaction information
- Finance information
- Professional experience information
YTU Yıldız Teknopark is a group of employees, users and customers affected by the breach. He stated that the total number of affected people could not be determined yet. YTU Yıldız Technopark made the statement within the scope of paragraph 5 of article 12 titled “Duties regarding data security” of KVKK numbered 6698.
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