Boyner, one of Turkey’s largest stores, came to the fore with a data breach. Thousands of users received fake campaign messages from Boyner’s official SMS notification account. The company made a statement on the subject.
On May 6, a campaign message was sent to thousands of Boyner users. The name of a special campaign for Mother’s Day and a fake e-commerce site were used in the details of the message.
Boyner, after his statement about the fake SMS notification that took place as of 8 May, again touched upon the details of the violation today. The users were informed about who was affected by the violations and how.
Boyner’s SMS portal was seized
Between April 28 and May 6, 2023, a campaign message was sent to all users from Boyner’s official SMS account, using the name of a fake site. The name of an e-commerce site was also used in the fake SMS messages. Realizing the situation, Boyner released a statement after taking the situation under control.
While the company stated that its investigations on how the violation occurred; who sent the message, He stated that they have found that they have accessed the SMS sending portal of the company from which the company receives SMS sending service and the customer personal data in this portal.
Boyner said that with the breach, only people’s phone numbers and messages sent by the company were accessed before. Company, of a special category of personal data He underlined that he was not affected by the violation.
You can find the first written statement of Boyner here and the second here.