Is the Claim that e-Government Data Leaked True?

Yesterday evening, Turkey was shaken by a giant claim. Many names closely acquainted with the social media shared the messages sent to them by hackers, bringing the claim that e-Government’s 2022 data were seized. With the allegations on Turkey’s agenda, a statement came from the official authorities, data leak claims do not reflect the truth had been reported.

However, these explanations did not help to clear the question marks in the minds of many citizens. Well, it’s about Was the alleged data leak real or fake? How should the government investigate these allegations? Here are statements made by two important names from the IT industry. Assistant Professor from Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Information and Technology Law Mehmet Bedii Kaya and founder of threat intelligence monitoring platform VxThreat Eyüp Ergün’s statements it was as follows:

Is President Erdogan’s ID photo real?

Identity images caught the eye of many people. But while the possibility of it being real still created anxiety, it was difficult for some to come to a firm decision. But the IDs were really amateurish:

So what was the source of the other ‘evidence’ shared? This could have been part of much more general and state-independent leaks:

Speaking of different attacks, let’s remember the attack that we brought up recently, in which e-Government information was seized:

Eyüp Ergün also reached out to ‘hackers’ and asked for ‘evidence’, and the evidence was ridiculous:

The so-called hackers also put the supposedly leaked information on sale for $150.

In summary, the information allegedly leaked from E-Government may contain data that was previously seized from completely different places and using different methods (by attacking the user directly, etc.). However, the claim of identity images has been denied.

Whether it is true or not, how should the legal process proceed in the claim that identity information was leaked from E-Government?

Yes, there is a serious attack claim. So, what kind of process should the state authorities follow after these allegations, even in the slightest doubt? Here we turn to our other expert on this subject.

Although the alleged data leak is not true, there was a real event that affected millions recently.