Turkish Electricity Distribution Corporation (TEDAŞ) filed a data breach notification to the Personal Data Protection Authority. The company announced that the data of 208 thousand people, consisting of citizens and employees, was seized.
State-affiliated institution responsible for the distribution and retail sale of electrical energy in Turkey. Turkish Electricity Distribution Corporation (TEDAŞ)made a data leak notification to KVKK. In the statement made to the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK), TEDAŞ that the information of tens of thousands of citizens was seized shared.
According to the statement made by TEDAŞ, the data leak occurred when the username and password of an employee of the company were unidentified. The malicious person or persons logged into the system with this information, retrieved user data from the system and sent it to an e-mail address. The breach was committed by the Cyber Security Operations Center. During intelligence work on the Dark Web detected.
Information of 208 thousand people was seized:
While the groups of persons affected by the aforementioned data breach were disclosed as TEDAŞ employees and citizens, The information of 208 thousand people in total was seized. shared. The personal information obtained was as follows:
- Name, surname information
- E-mail address
- Mobile number
In the announcement, it was stated that the investigation on the subject is continuing. There was no direct statement from TEDAŞ on the subject.
Source :
https://www.kvkk.gov.tr/Icerik/7395/Kamuoyu-Duyurusu-Veri-Ihlali-Bildirimi-Turkiye-Elektrik-Dagitim-AS-