Turkish Police Data Dump 2016 Exclusive

The title was simple:

The "Political Party" section of the data was particularly scrutinized. It listed citizens as members of various parties, but also contained a category for "External" or "Other," which some analysts speculated could have been used to flag individuals for surveillance. turkish police data dump 2016 exclusive

By joining the leaked database with other public datasets, it is possible to uniquely identify an individual’s mother’s maiden name and landline numbers for a significant portion of the population. The title was simple: The "Political Party" section

In February 2016, the hacktivist group Anonymous released roughly 18GB of sensitive, stolen data from the Turkish General Directorate of Security (EGM) as part of a protest campaign known as #OpTurkey. The breach exposed internal law enforcement documents, while a separate, distinct April 2016 leak compromised the personal records of 50 million Turkish citizens. Read the full story at welivesecurity.com . In February 2016, the hacktivist group Anonymous released

of sensitive data pilfered from Turkey’s National Police (EGM). The Actor: The leak was facilitated by an entity known as and distributed via the account @CthulhuSec Persistent Access:

The Turkish government was quick to respond to the leak, denying that the data was authentic and claiming that it had been fabricated by "terrorist organizations." However, the journalists and hacktivists who obtained the data were adamant that it was genuine and that it revealed a disturbing pattern of abuse of power by the Turkish police.

The remains a watershed moment for information security. It is a case study of how a single misconfigured database can dismantle the aura of an authoritarian security apparatus overnight.