In the past hours, there were allegations that the e-Government Gateway was hacked in the shares made on Twitter. There were many famous politicians/phenomena and actors in the allegations. There was public concern that there might be a serious danger. Details on the subject are with you in our news…
Has e-Government been hacked? The claim that the data of the President fell on the Internet!
e-Government is agitated by the alleged hacking attempt. The identity of dozens of citizens, including the President, may have fallen on the Internet.
Has the e-Government Gate been hacked? Official statement from the state
Keep the phone numbers of YouTubers and players in the posts about the hacking event. President Recep Tayyip ErdoganMany details, such as the front/back identity card alleged to have been on the agenda, fell like a bombshell. While the accuracy of the shares was not known, it was claimed that some of them were hacked, and the other part was that the data of private insurance companies were leaked, not public sites.
General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs made an official statement!
The official statement on the subject was published on the official Twitter account of the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs.
“On 12.04.2022, it became necessary to make a statement because of the statements made on some social media accounts that “e-Government data has leaked, identity photos and current addresses are among the leaked data”.
In the evaluation of the operations carried out 3 months ago by the Cyber and Intelligence units of our Police Force; it is seen that such posts are a method of phishing and fraud, and the same issues are brought up again and it is tried to give the appearance of a leak by placing photos and personal information of our state elders on the chip ID card through image editing programs and sharing them.
The Central Population Administration System (MERNIS) is a closed-circuit internet system. For all systems, including MERNIS, which is carried out by the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs, penetration tests are carried out by different independent companies on a continuous and regular basis every year. As a result of the tests, it was reported that the security systems of NVIGM were very good, and it was determined that there was no weakness for data leaking.
Thus, as a result of the statement made, it was announced by the state that no public website was hacked. It was stated that the shares made on the subject should not be taken into account. It was stated by the Ministry that a criminal complaint will be made to the necessary authorities for account users who spread fake posts.
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