I'm not sure what exactly it contains but all those leaks contain Name, Address and your national identity number(something like social security number). It must also contain the birthplace and date because the last elections there was question over how many refugees got citizenship and the opposition said they checked the birthplaces and the number is not too high.
BTW, this data is available for the citizens too during the election cycle so you can check who lives in the same building with you and correct any mistakes. The list of the electorate is also attached at the polls so anyone can check for something fishy.
Then in Turkey there's this obsession with companies about collecting as much as info possible about you, so when the food delivery service is hacked the hackers now can easily add your phone number, update your current address by matching your national identity number because for some reason they need to have that info to deliver some kebab.
Also, this national identity number is generated through some algorithm which gives away your relatives and thanks to this, the hackers can also build your social graph from the leaks. Here is a repo about that algo: https://github.com/kerematam/akrabatcno
AFAIK it’s used in “your grandson had an accident and needs emergency surgery, send this much money ASAP” scams.
> AFAIK it’s used in “your grandson had an accident and needs emergency surgery, send this much money ASAP” scams.
Sad to hear that that scam is also used in Turkey, some very low and despicable people also use it here, in Romania, targeting elderly people, and it’s really vile. I explicitly warned my parents not to fall for it in case someone calls them.
> this data is available for the citizens too during the election cycle so you can check who lives in the same building with you and correct any mistakes.
Why are they crowdsourcing a task that is a basic bureaucratic process in any state?
I mean, is Turkey a state that doesn't know who its citizens are and where they live?
mrtksn|2 years ago
BTW, this data is available for the citizens too during the election cycle so you can check who lives in the same building with you and correct any mistakes. The list of the electorate is also attached at the polls so anyone can check for something fishy.
Then in Turkey there's this obsession with companies about collecting as much as info possible about you, so when the food delivery service is hacked the hackers now can easily add your phone number, update your current address by matching your national identity number because for some reason they need to have that info to deliver some kebab.
Also, this national identity number is generated through some algorithm which gives away your relatives and thanks to this, the hackers can also build your social graph from the leaks. Here is a repo about that algo: https://github.com/kerematam/akrabatcno
AFAIK it’s used in “your grandson had an accident and needs emergency surgery, send this much money ASAP” scams.
ClumsyPilot|2 years ago
Publuc wifi at O2/millenium dome in london us almost as bad.
We really need to make extraneous data a liability and a risk burdain to business.
paganel|2 years ago
Sad to hear that that scam is also used in Turkey, some very low and despicable people also use it here, in Romania, targeting elderly people, and it’s really vile. I explicitly warned my parents not to fall for it in case someone calls them.
pmontra|2 years ago
Why are they crowdsourcing a task that is a basic bureaucratic process in any state?
I mean, is Turkey a state that doesn't know who its citizens are and where they live?