TurkHackTeam

TurkHackTeam
Formation2002
FounderArsenik
TypeKemalist hacktivist group
Official language
Turkish
Websitehttps://www.turkhackteam.org/
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TurkHackTeam is a Turkish nationalist hacker group founded in 2002. Ideologically they are Kemalists and define themselves as the "Turkish Cyber Army".[1][2]

They state that their goal is to fight against all kinds of cyber threats against Turkey. They have appeared on news headlines on many international news portals.[3][4]

History

The group claimed responsibility for the hacking of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party's website in 2008.[5][6][7][8]

TurkHackTeam went on a spree of attacking Iranian and Russian websites in 2016 amid the Syrian civil war.[9] During rising tensions in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, they participated in cyberwarfare against Armenian hackers.[10] In 2017, for unknown reasons, they hacked the official website of the UK Police.[11] In March 2017, during a brief period of tensions between the Netherlands and Turkey, the TurkHackTeam launched their "Netherlands Operation" where they hacked and defaced over 250 Dutch websites in less than a month.[12]

They also hacked Star Alliance.[13] TurkHackTeam is also a platform that prepares social projects. The first of the projects was to send morale letters to the soldiers and police after the 2016 Turkish coup attempt.[14] In the same year, they distributed food in Africa through an association.[15] Later, some group members gathered on 10 November and went to visit Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.[16] In 2017, the group, which collected books from its members, donated these books to secondary and high schools, and created libraries.[17]

At the beginning of February 2024, the hacker group claimed responsibility for the attack on La Poste and Crédit Agricole. According to the first elements this is a Denial-of-service attack. They also stood out in 2023 for hacking the ANSSI Telegram page.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". zone-h.org. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Forum Görevlileri". turkhackteam.org. Archived from the original on 21 December 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ Habertürk. "Turk Hack Team üyesi Türk hacker Vatikan'ın sitesine saldırdı". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. ^ Viebeck, Elise (2015-04-14). "Reports: Hackers hit Vatican website over 'genocide' comment". The Hill. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  5. ^ "Demokratik Toplum Partisi (DTP) Resmi Sitesi Hacked // YeniceriX". turkhackteam (in Turkish). turkhackteam.org. 11 September 2008. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. ^ Habertürk. "DTP'nin resmi internet sitesi hacklendi". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  7. ^ "DTP\'nin sitesi hacklendi / YENİ". www.memurlar.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  8. ^ "DTP HACKLENDİ". Ensonhaber (in Turkish). 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  9. ^ "Turk Hack Team Conducting DDoS Attacks on Iran and Russian Websites". www.hackread.com. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  10. ^ "It's Cyberwar, it's Turkish vs Armenian Hackers Amid Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute". www.hackread.com. 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  11. ^ Hassan, Alizaib (2017-02-15). "UK Police Website Hacked by Turkish Hackers". The Hack Post. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  12. ^ "Turk Hack Team and the "Netherlands Operation" - ReliaQuest". www.reliaquest.com. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  13. ^ "The Türk Hack Team Claims Cyber Attack On Star Alliance". 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  14. ^ "Mehmetçiğe Mektup Projesi". turkhackteam (in Turkish). turkhackteam.org. 17 September 2015. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  15. ^ "THT Afrika Yardımı [ÖNEMLİ]". turkhackteam (in Turkish). turkhackteam.org. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  16. ^ "THT 10 Kasım Anıtkabir Ziyareti". turkhackteam (in Turkish). turkhackteam.org. 30 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  17. ^ "THT Siber Eğitim Planlaması". turkhackteam (in Turkish). turkhackteam.org. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  18. ^ Alexandre Boero (6 February 2024). "Les sites internet de La Poste ont subi une énorme panne, qui serait due à une attaque informatique de type DDoS" (in French). Clubic. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  19. ^ Alexandre Boero (7 February 2024). "Crédit Agricole : une grosse cyberattaque paralyse les site et application de la banque ce mercredi" (in French). Clubic. Retrieved 7 February 2024.