21 Oct, 2021

Universities in Turkey Under Cyber Attack

With the acceleration of digital transformation, the number of institutions and organizations exposed to cyber attacks is increasing day by day. It has been seen that cyber threat actors accessing the database of universities in Turkey have seized the information of students and staff.

On October 17, Katip Çelebi University sent the following messages to students regarding the cyber attack:

Izmir Katip Celebi University confirmed the cyber attack. The information of university students and staff was first seen on a hacker forum site on October 14. He apologized to the staff and students and said that necessary actions were taken.

According to the information shared by the cyber threat actor in the forum, the information of 3900 personnel and more than 40 thousand students in total at İzmir Katip Çelebi University has been seized. The information obtained is as follows:

  • Phone numbers
  • Addresses
  • T.R. identification numbers
  • The program they are in
  • Student numbers
  • Edu extension email addresses

In addition to İzmir Katip Çelebi University, the same cyber threat actor Erzurum Technical University, Hitit University, Bartın University, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University.

Explained its students and characteristics and whether they were applied or not. The results obtained from these universities are described as follows.

CyberArts is learned by other students in Turkey upon completion of cyber security.

In order for universities not to be exposed to this style, it is of great importance that penetration tests and vulnerability analyzes are carried out in their greatest years. In more phases, there should be shortages of people, needs and technologies.

For products that have not yet been accepted against cyber attacks due to the completion of the development of CyberArts, for sharing:

Source
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KVKK, ISO 27001, Bilgi ve İletişim Güvenliği Rehberi, ISO 27701, Bilgi Güvenliği, Siber Güvenlik ve Bilgi Teknolojileri konularında destek ve teklif almak için lütfen

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