Cyber ​​attack on Afyon Kocatepe University! 26 thousand people’s TC ID number, e-mail and registry information were seized

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Cyber ​​attack on Afyon Kocatepe University 26 thousand peoples TC

Personal Data Protection Agency (KVKKAccording to the announcement published by), unauthorized access to the distance education system of the university was provided on 20 January 2025. Hackers entered the system using the password of the user account “System_Admin” and a large scale. data violated.

The incident was noticed by the attacker made an announcement through the distance education system and university System access was prevented by the authorities on the same day.

Even the identity numbers seized

Cyber ​​attack As a result, the data of 26,438 people were violated. Unauthorized access information:

TC ID numbers,
Corporate registry numbers,
E-mail addresses of trainees registered in the continuous training center,
There are visual and voice recordings of the distance education system.

Authorities, the attack directly affect the employees, students and trainees and the investigation into the incident continues.

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Security weakness at the university emerged

According to the KVKK report, the violation took place by seizing the password of the administrator account used in the university’s system. Following the attack, the authorities began to work to increase security measures and make their systems more robust.

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Details published by the Personal Data Protection Agency (KVKK)

  • The violation is realized by accessing the data in the distance education system with the user account of System_admin, which belongs to the data processor.
  • The violation started on 20.01.2025 and the violation was detected and terminated on the same day,
  • The violation was determined by the unauthorized third party with the announcement made by the distance education system,
  • The personal data affected by the violation are thought to have users’ TC ID numbers, institutional registration numbers, e-mail addresses of the trainees registered in the continuous training center and visual and audio recordings used for distance education purposes
  • Employees, users, students and customers are affected by the violation,
  • Approximately 26,438 people were affected by the violation

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