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Data Belonging to 140,000 Students and 4,500 Staff May Have Been Stolen: YTÜ Officially Admitted It.

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It has been revealed that Yıldız Technical University's virtualization infrastructure and servers were affected by a ransomware attack. YTÜ officially announced that the data of approximately 140,000 students and 4,500 staff members may have been compromised!

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It has been revealed that Yıldız Technical University's virtualization infrastructure and servers were affected by a ransomware attack. YTÜ officially announced that the data of approximately 140,000 students and 4,500 staff members may have been compromised!

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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Since the beginning of October, access to Yıldız Technical University's official website, the Student Information System (OBS), Online Yıldız, and various application systems has been unavailable. This situation...

KVKK announced a ransomware data breach affecting 140,000 students and 4,500 staff at Yıldız Technical University. Details are in our news.

It has been revealed that Yıldız Technical University's (YTÜ) virtualization infrastructure and servers were targeted by a ransomware attack. The Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) officially announced that the data of approximately 140,000 students and 4,500 staff members may have been affected by the breach.

It has been announced that the system outages experienced at Yıldız Technical University since October 1st were caused by a ransomware attack. According to the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK), approximately 140,000 students and 4,500 staff members may have been affected by the breach. The university administration had initially announced the days-long system downtime as merely "technical work" on October 3rd. The KVKK's statement on Oc…

Yıldız Technical University's virtualization infrastructure and servers were affected by a ransomware attack. In its official notification to the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK), the university stated that approximately 140,000 students and 4,500 staff members may have been affected by the data breach. The number of visitors has not yet been determined. It is also currently unknown which categories of personal data were affected. The s…

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Cumhuriyet broke the news in Istanbul, Türkiye on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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