The entire Turkish citizenship database has allegedly been leaked online

The entire Turkish citizenship database has allegedlybeen hacked and leaked online.A websitewith purportedlyleaked details of 49,611,709 Turkish citizens isonline and allegedly gives the following details of each citizen ' including the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan:National Identifier (TC Kimlik No)First NameLast NameMother's First NameFather's First NameGenderCity of BirthDate of BirthID Registration City and DistrictFull AddressAt the bottom of the page if gives people the option to download 6.6GB worth of uncompressed files. Business Insider did not download or verify the data linked to on the site.The Registeralso reported on the leak but it is unclear whether it downloaded the Bit Torrent file.The apparent hack seems to be politically motivated. The website reads: "Who would have imagined that backwards ideologies, cronyism and rising religious extremism in Turkey would lead to a crumbling and vulnerable technical infrastructure'"The text on the site also includes a warning against US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump:The site also purports to publish the personal details of Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdo'an as a preview of the data.Keen observers point out on Twitter that this could be one of the biggest data leaks of its kind in history ' if it is true:If this is really what it claims, I think it is one of the largest security/PII breaches since the #OPM hack: https://t.co/xyFRTf2hHD' Jacob Appelbaum (@ioerror) April 4, 2016However, others claim the leak does have correct information ' but is just a decrypted version of data that was leaked over a couple of months ago.@erenturkay @ioerror @CthulhuSec The leak contains data of Turkish citizens voted in 2009 Elections.' ISIK MATER (@isik5) April 4, 2016Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Why 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner products don't work
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