Turkish government networks were hacked on Wednesday, compromising the private information of staffers in PM Tayyip Erdogan’s office, a source in PM’s office confirmed to Reuters. The attack was in support of the ongoing anti-government protests.
Staff email accounts were reportedly accessed after a phishing
attack, and those affected were cut off from the network, a
source said.
Anonymous Turkey wrote on Twitter that the group will only leak
the passwords of email accounts containing no classified
information, and will not release any phone numbers obtained.
Earlier, the hacktivist group Anonymous has taken down the
Turkish President’s website, along with that of the country’s
ruling party, as operation #OpTurkey kicked off in support of the
anti-government protests.
As of 22:40 GMT, the website of President Abdullah Gul has been
offline, together with the website of the country’s ruling
Justice and Development Party (AKP), the websites for the
Istanbul Directorate of Security and the Istanbul Governor’s
Office.
The hacktivists earlier targeted municipal governments in Mersin
and Izmir.
The operation was kicked off in response to the police crackdown
of protests which have taken the country by storm. The Gebze
Institute of Technology has also come under digital fire.
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This article originally appeared on: RT