Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK)Today Karel Communication Services Inc. A data breach notification was passed for the company.
Karel İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. by KVKK. The data breach notification for is officially as follows: happened: “As it is known, paragraph (5) of Article 12 of the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, titled “Obligations regarding data security”, states that “In case the processed personal data is obtained by others through illegal means, the data controller shall notify the relevant person and the Board of this situation as soon as possible. If necessary, the Board may announce this situation on its own website or through another method it deems appropriate.” commands its judgment. Karel İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş., which is the data controller. In summary, in the data breach notifications submitted to the Board by:
- -The data controller was exposed to a ransomware attack on 03.02.2024,
- -Used by the data controller as a result of the breach Several documents containing the database of the accounting software, company/subscriber name and debit/credit balance, and the financial information of the data controller were encrypted and seized by the attacker,
- -The groups of people affected by the breach are subscribers/members, customers and potential customers,
- -The categories of personal data affected by the breach are identity (name, surname, TR ID number) and contact (address, telephone number and e-mail address),
- -Relevant affected by the violation The estimated number of people is 1,254, identification efforts are continuing,
- -Relevant persons [email protected] Information is provided that you can obtain information about the personal data breach from the data controller via e-mail address and phone number 0 (800) 666 0 666.
“Although the investigation on the issue continues, with the Decision of the Personal Data Protection Board dated 08/02/2024 and numbered 2024/227, it has been decided to announce the data breach notification on the Authority’s website.” Directly to all data breach notifications made so far from here you can reach.