Officials downplayed the event, claiming the data was an "old story" from a 2010 leak. However, critics noted that the 2016 release was significant because it was made available in a searchable, decrypted, and public format for the first time.
In mid-February, the hacktivist collective Anonymous announced it had breached the Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü (EGM)—the Turkish General Directorate of Security. The Scale: 17.8 GB raw file (compressible to about 2 GB of raw text). The Contents: turkish police data dump 2016 free
mandates imprisonment for those who illegally publish or transfer personal data. Kılınç Hukuk & Danışmanlık or more details on the legal penalties associated with these breaches? Officials downplayed the event, claiming the data was
The leak of such sensitive data can have several implications: The Scale: 17
The year 2016 saw two distinct but frequently conflated data incidents:
The leak contained internal police files and sensitive data purportedly released as a protest against government corruption.
2. The Anonymous "EGM" (National Police) Leak (February 2016)