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Revised December, 2024 – Resource, Turkey iResidence
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AND IT TURNED OUT THIS: RUSSIAN HACKERS WHO FLED TO TURKEY STARTED FRAUD
Speaking to the British Financial Times newspaper, Turkish officials and experts revealed that Russian hackers who took refuge in Turkey due to the Russia-Ukraine war were committing fraud and forgery.
A large number of Russian citizens had fled to Turkey after Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the men to enlist in the Russia-Ukraine war, which has been going on for more than a year. However, one of the respected British newspapers, the Financial Times, has revealed that some of the Russians who have taken refuge in Turkey are hackers and are committing fraud with stolen financial data.
In the news published in the Financial Times, “cyber criminals in Turkey have started cooperating with hackers from Russia. Thousands of well-trained software engineers fled to Turkey after Putin called for conscription in September last year. Turkish police and security experts say that some of them are engaged in low-level virtual fraud,”it was said.
It was also stated that Russian hackers worked in partnership with Turkish hackers and used stolen personal and financial data. Two unnamed Turkish officials told the newspaper that the Turkish police had begun investigating this activity, noting that the hackers had used a technique also known as cloaking to cover their tracks.
“The number of complaints and cases has increased a lot in less than a year,” an official who lives in Antalya, one of the most preferred cities for Russians, told the newspaper. “These newly formed gangs are not attacking Turks because they do not want to attract the attention of local police and law enforcement agencies,” another Turkish official said.
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TURKISH HACKERS ARE SELLING TO EUROPE
Speaking to the Financial Times, a cybersecurity expert stated that hackers have created some groups through Telegram and sold personal data for $ 50. It was also reported that the Russians sold this data to Turkish hackers, and the Turkish hackers sold it to hackers, especially in Germany, for higher amounts.
Among the methods used by Russians to convert cryptocurrencies into Turkish lira in Telegram groups, guides prepared to become a Turkish citizen by buying a property in Turkey were also shared.
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