Operation Targeting Cybercriminals Who Stole Personal Data: Number of Detainees Rises to 79.
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The number of arrests has risen to 79 in operations conducted across 42 provinces targeting suspects who were found to be sharing and selling personal and financial information belonging to others through groups on messaging applications, and using this information for threats and blackmail purposes.
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)...
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that 100 suspects have been identified in 43 provinces in an investigation into the theft and sale of citizens' identity, phone, and bank card information via Telegram groups. It was stated that 22 of the suspects are minors, and arrest warrants were issued for 92 individuals, 8 of whom are already in prison. The investigation utilized the police's AI-powered AVCI Project.
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…
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