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“Who would have imagined that backwards ideologies, cronyism and rising religious extremism in Turkey would lead to a crumbling and vulnerable technical infrastructure?”The source of the information is yet unknown. However, according to several sources, the data itself may not be new. Carl Gottlieb, Technical Director and Co-Founder of security solutions provider Cognition, explained in a blog post the most recent birth date in the dump is March 29, 1991, suggesting the “new leak” could be the resurfacing of an old database that was originally stolen back in 2008. Nonetheless, Turkish citizens potentially listed are advised to monitor their credit activities closely and be “extra vigilant with their Internet hygiene,” says Gottlieb. “Crucially, the data does contain enough information to conduct ID theft and fraud on a targeted individual,” Gottlieb warned.
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