User Data Leaked on Scooter Service Martı

It would not be wrong to say that almost the whole world started to use digital media with the development of technology. Companies from many industries are enabling people to access their services through digital means. Of course, this situation brings many problems as users add their information to these environments. Violation of personal data perhaps the biggest of these problems.

Now, it has been announced that such a situation is experienced in Martı, the electric scooter sharing system serving in many cities in our country. Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK)in a statement on its official website, noted that there was a data breach in Martı, the scooter service that citizens use quite a lot in their daily life.

It is unknown how many people are affected

In the statements shared by KVKK, the user data in the statement sent to the institution by Martı Ileri Teknoloji AŞ. by unauthorized persons reported to have been reached. your violation February 27, 2022 Stating that it was detected in an e-mail sent on Sunday, the institution added that it is not clear how many people were affected by this violation, adding to the statements made on its website. In the summary of the KVKK regarding the data breach notification provided by Martı;

• Data controller systems by unauthorized person(s) data breach occurred by accessing,
• The data breach was detected on 27.02.2022 upon the e-mail sent by the unauthorized access person/persons,
• Person affected by the violation Person groups and the number of persons have not yet been determined.,
• Personal affected person data categories have not yet been determined.
• It was stated that the investigations regarding the source of the violation and the method of its realization are continuing.

Increasingly popular, Martı was created by Oğuz Alper Öktem and Sena Öktem. 2017 was founded in. This initiative, which aims to provide electric scooter service to people who are tired of traffic, has managed to spread to many cities across the country since its inception and reached millions of users. The use of electric scooters also made Martı an environmentally friendly transportation option.