Giant cyber operation in 42 provinces: They seized personal data, threatened and blackmailed! There are detentions
Quick Look
- Istanbul Police Department's Anti-Cyber Crimes Branch Directorate organized the operation in which personal data was seized and put up for sale using the AVCI application.
- Simultaneous operations continue in 42 provinces.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
Istanbul Police Department's Anti-Cyber Crimes Branch Directorate, under the coordination of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, initiated a study on the seizure and sale of personal data. Artificial intelligence supported AVCI application was used.
Istanbul Police Department Anti-Cyber Crimes Branch Directorate teams, under the coordination of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, started working on the seizure of personal data and offering it for sale.
In the studies using the artificial intelligence-supported AVCI application, the teams determined that personal information was captured and shared through unauthorized access and offered for sale for a certain fee, and revealed that the information in question was used for threats and blackmail on various issues, especially events that caused public outrage, and also that shopping was made by sharing bank and credit card information.
The teams, who detected that various shares were made with the captured personal information in order to gain unauthorized access to social media and similar applications, carried out simultaneous operations to the addresses determined in 42 provinces based in Istanbul.
It was stated that searches and detentions at addresses continued within the scope of the operation.
Open Questions
- How many people were detained?
- What is the number of data seized?
- When will the results of the operation be announced?
