Intelligence agencies have yet to figure out the attackers who are hiding behind the mysterious leak site.
As it became known from the report of the research group SafetyDetectives, recently there was a large-scale leak of documents on vaccination of more than 2 million Turkish citizens. The attackers posted the information on the hacker forum on September 10, but according to experts, unauthorized access to the database was obtained on April 4, 2023.
The stolen information includes dates of birth, doctors personal identification numbers, vaccination dates, types of vaccines, details about supply chains, hospital addresses, and some patient passport data.
The total number of doctor IDs in the leaked database is approximately 125,000. Considering that more than 183,000 medical professionals were registered in Turkey in 2021, it can be concluded that approximately 70% of the total number of victims were victims.
SafetyDetectives analysts believe that most likely the leak occurred as a result of hacking one of the state medical information systems. Experts are convinced of the authenticity of the information obtained by hackers.
Stolen information can be exploited for identity theft, blackmail, cyber espionage, and other illegal activities.
Over the past few weeks, the same forum has been reporting data leaks from millions of users of LinkedIn and the chess portal. chess.com. The network also circulates a database with the home addresses of almost 50 million Turkish residents. Although this leak occurred back in 2016, the files are still being distributed and actively used by criminals.
A similar incident recently occurred in India: hackers published medical documents of 1.7 million people on the darknet. The threat was eliminated only after the intervention of the Indian Computer Incident Response Team.
Thus, the problem of protecting medical data is particularly acute in many countries. Despite the efforts being made, attackers manage to find loopholes. This requires both tougher laws and regulations, as well as increased cyber protection by government agencies and private organizations.
As it became known from the report of the research group SafetyDetectives, recently there was a large-scale leak of documents on vaccination of more than 2 million Turkish citizens. The attackers posted the information on the hacker forum on September 10, but according to experts, unauthorized access to the database was obtained on April 4, 2023.
The stolen information includes dates of birth, doctors personal identification numbers, vaccination dates, types of vaccines, details about supply chains, hospital addresses, and some patient passport data.
The total number of doctor IDs in the leaked database is approximately 125,000. Considering that more than 183,000 medical professionals were registered in Turkey in 2021, it can be concluded that approximately 70% of the total number of victims were victims.
SafetyDetectives analysts believe that most likely the leak occurred as a result of hacking one of the state medical information systems. Experts are convinced of the authenticity of the information obtained by hackers.
Stolen information can be exploited for identity theft, blackmail, cyber espionage, and other illegal activities.
Over the past few weeks, the same forum has been reporting data leaks from millions of users of LinkedIn and the chess portal. chess.com. The network also circulates a database with the home addresses of almost 50 million Turkish residents. Although this leak occurred back in 2016, the files are still being distributed and actively used by criminals.
A similar incident recently occurred in India: hackers published medical documents of 1.7 million people on the darknet. The threat was eliminated only after the intervention of the Indian Computer Incident Response Team.
Thus, the problem of protecting medical data is particularly acute in many countries. Despite the efforts being made, attackers manage to find loopholes. This requires both tougher laws and regulations, as well as increased cyber protection by government agencies and private organizations.
