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Turkish ISPs intercept Google Public DNS

posted onMarch 31, 2014
by l33tdawg

Freedom of speech is not free and it is not a right in every country. The blocking of Twitter and YouTube in Turkey is well-documented, but the question of right and wrong is more up in the air. After all, not all countries have to follow the lead of the USA, although it is hard to argue with giving citizens the right to express themselves. However, that is an argument and a fight of which the Turkish people must take ownership.

Turkish hacker pinches passwords from Vodafone Iceland

posted onDecember 2, 2013
by l33tdawg

Vodafone Iceland has been hacked and 77,000 customer records spaffed across the internet.

The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service ruv.is reports that the hack became apparent on Saturday. By Sunday Vodafone Iceland had 'fessed up to the incident but denied other reports that personal details including bank account numbers and passwords had been revealed to the world.

Hackers Claim to Have Breached Turkish Parliament for OpTurkey

posted onJune 6, 2013
by l33tdawg

Hackers of the China Blue Army, a collective associated with Group Hp-Hack, claim to have breached the official website of Turkey’s Parliament, or the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (global.tbmm.gov.tr).

The hackers leaked a document containing the email addresses, names and passwords of around 45 individuals.

Hundreds of Pakistani sites diverted after domain hack

posted onNovember 26, 2012
by l33tdawg

Turkish hackers managed to divert the domain name system (DNS) entries for several hundred Pakistani sites in the .pk top-level domain over the weekend,

On Saturday, Pakistani programmer Irfan Ahmad listed some 110 sites in the .pk TLD that had been subverted.

RedHack leaks 75MB TXT file containing police informant details

posted onJuly 16, 2012
by l33tdawg

The Turkish hacker collective, RedHack, has leaked details on Turkish police informants and spying requests sent in to police. The 75MB text file is available on various file download sites (http://depositfiles.com/files/dgxtgh7mp) and contains thousands of emails most likely obtained when the group breached the site back in March of this year.

Turkish Foreign Ministry Hacked

posted onJuly 4, 2012
by l33tdawg

Members of RedHack recently accessed the Web site of Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stealing data and and placing photos of Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyp Erdogan embracing Syrian president Bashar al Assad and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi on the site.

"Today, the group provided a link to a Dropbox file-sharing address, which contained images of the identity cards the Turkish Foreign Ministry has issued for foreign diplomats working in Turkey," PanARMENIAN.net reports.