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BREAKING NEWS... Hunter Operation Strikes Cyber Gang! 78 Suspects Arrested for Stealing Personal Data: They Stole Information and Used It for Blackmail.

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78 people, known as "panelists," who obtained private, personal, and financial information belonging to people and sold it through messaging application groups, using the information for threats and blackmail, were detained in an operation conducted by the Istanbul Police Department using the artificial intelligence software called "Avcı" (Hunter)...

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78 people, known as "panelists," who obtained private, personal, and financial information belonging to people and sold it through messaging application groups, using the information for threats and blackmail, were detained in an operation conducted by the Istanbul Police Department using the artificial intelligence software called "Avcı" (Hunter)...

A simultaneous operation was conducted in 42 provinces against suspects who shared and sold personal and financial information belonging to other individuals through groups on messaging applications, and who used this information for threats and blackmail purposes. Arrest warrants were issued for 101 people, and 74 suspects were taken into custody.

In an operation centered in Istanbul and spanning 42 provinces, 74 suspects were detained for allegedly selling personal information belonging to citizens in groups created on a messaging application.

An operation was launched in 43 provinces against suspects who allegedly sold citizens' personal and financial information for money in Telegram groups. Police teams detained 74 suspects in simultaneous raids. In the investigation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was determined that the suspects accessed personal data illegally. Cybercrime teams determined that this information was offered for sale in Telegram group…

An operation was launched in 42 provinces, centered in Istanbul, against suspects who were found to have obtained and sold citizens' personal and financial information, and used it for threats and blackmail. Numerous individuals were taken into custody in the operation, which was carried out using the AI-powered Avcı Project.

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A massive operation targeting a network based in Istanbul and operating in 42 provinces that illegally obtained and sold personal data through unlicensed panels, and threatened citizens through incidents that caused outrage on social media... Click here for more.

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tgrthaber.com broke the news on Friday, November 13, 2026.
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