17-year-old hacks Marmara University’s system
A 17-year-old teenager has hacked Marmara University’s system and stolen the data of over 5,500 people. The hacker said that they did not have the intention of hurting the state and that the university’s system had “deficits involving great risks.”
Duvar English
The Turkish Data Protection Authority (KVKK) on Sept. 22 announced that the data of 5,698 people have been stolen from the Istanbul-based Marmara University’s system on Sept. 15. Authorities later determined that the person responsible for the data breach was a 17-year-old teenager.
A 17-year-old youth, who uses the name “YUBA”, sent a message to the university on the same day as the data breach and demanded that the relevant people in charge contact them, according to reporting by the Sabah newspaper. The hacker said that they did not have the intention of hurting the state and that the university’s system had “deficits involving great risks.”
“I have only found a deficit in the website (of the university) and I hacked it. It is a hacking spot with a big risk. Please, let the authorized person contact me. Let me tell them the hacking spot so that it can be dealt with,” the hacker reportedly said.
The KVKK has launched an investigation into the incident.