In February 2016, the hacktivist group claimed responsibility for a massive data leak originating from the Turkish General Directorate of Security (EGM) , the national police force. The dump initially surfaced as a compressed file of approximately 1.4 GB to 2 GB , which expanded to roughly 17.8 GB when unzipped.
At 3:00 AM on August 12, 2016, a "Code Crimson" was called. This is a protocol reserved for catastrophic data loss. The Turkish government immediately issued a gag order. Turkish news outlets were forbidden from using the phrase "police data dump." Twitter was throttled, and VPN usage spiked by 400%. turkish police data dump 2016 exclusive
A second, more widespread breach occurred in April 2016, when a database containing the personal information of nearly —roughly two-thirds of the population—was posted online. This is a protocol reserved for catastrophic data loss
The dump included names, national ID numbers (TC Kimlik No), addresses, birth dates, and parents' names. High-Profile Targets: The hackers specifically highlighted the data of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu , and former President Abdullah Gül Security Failures: A second, more widespread breach occurred in April
The paper highlights how this leak drastically increased the risk of identity theft and provided scammers with a "treasure trove" of verified personal details to use in social engineering attacks. Related Technical and Policy Research
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Exclusive sources from the Ankara Cybercrime Division (speaking on condition of anonymity due to the current political climate) recall the panic.