Istanbul Kultur University Data Breach
In November 2021, Istanbul Kültür University (İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi), a private higher education institution in Turkey, disclosed a data breach impacting its student information system.
Exposed Data Types
7- Student names and surnames
- Turkish Identification Numbers (TCKN)
- Dates of birth
- Phone numbers
- Institutional email addresses
- Tuition payment and scholarship details
- Academic advisor and department records
About This Breach
Following the compromise of an administrative employee's computer credentials, unauthorized actors exfiltrated student records and offered them for sale on underground cybercrime forums. Officially published by Turkey's Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) under Decision 2021/1231, the breach compromised the personal records of 15,967 students, exposing Turkish national identification numbers (TCKN), full names, dates of birth, phone numbers, institutional email addresses, tuition payment statuses, academic advisor names, and national scholarship ratios.
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