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Union of Municipalities of Turkey

Union of Municipalities of Turkey Data Breach (2013)

Union of Municipalities of Turkey

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Disclosed

August 1, 2013

4621 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Government

Description

RedHack (activist group) hacked the official website of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey (tbb.gov.tr) and leaked the usernames and the passwords of the sites members. The passwords are hashed before being stored in the websites database, but RedHack has cracked and published them in clear text.