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Hacked! Turkish PM Erdogan's office email compromised

FP Archives June 5, 2013, 15:36:21 IST

Hackers attacked Turkish government systems and obtained confidential details of staff in PM Tayyip Erdogan’s office in support of days of anti-government protest.

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Hacked! Turkish PM Erdogan's office email compromised

Ankara: Hackers said on Wednesday they had attacked Turkish government systems and obtained confidential details of staff in Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s office in support of days of anti-government protest. [caption id=“attachment_844645” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reuters. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reuters.[/caption]A source in Erdogan’s office confirmed that staff email accounts had come under a phishing attack but said those affected had been cut off from the network. The activists, calling themselves Anonymous Turkey, said in a statement released via Twitter they had not released any phone numbers and would only share email passwords linked to accounts with no classified information. Reuters

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