Turkey

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Primarily a target — 279 received· 53 initiated· 41 responses ·EU candidate · NATO

Across the full record, 312 cyber operations involving Turkey were added to the database. The all-time mean Intensity of cyber operations involving Turkey is 2.4.

Maintained by EuRepoC research analysts · updated 16 Oct 2026

279received initiated53

For all time, this country appears chiefly as a target — 279 incidents directed at it, 53 it is linked to initiating.

Source: EuRepoC Global Database as of 16 Oct 2026.

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Cyber activity

53 incidents · as actor

As target 279 As actor 53

Operations EuRepoC links to Turkey state-aligned actors, and the international responses they drew.

Cyber incident intensity

Mean1.6/15Moderate

Range 1.0–4.0

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Minimum Maximum

53 coded incidents · All time

Database additions by yearincidents linked to Turkey

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Most-targeted sectorswhat its operations hit

SectorIncidentsIntensityResponded

Government / ministries 17 1.5Moderate 1/17 Civil service / administration 7 1.9Moderate 2/7 Corporate Targets 7 1.4Moderate 1/7 Media 7 1.7Moderate 0/7 End user(s) / specially protected groups 5 1.8Moderate 0/5 Transportation 4 2.8Moderate 3/4 Finance 4 1.0Moderate 0/4 Military 3 3.0Moderate 1/3

Its operations concentrate on Government / ministries — 17 of 53 incidents.

By targetwho its operations hit

Turkey 20incidents avg 1.9 · Moderate Israel 5incidents avg 1.6 · Moderate United States 5incidents avg 1.4 · Moderate Greece 4incidents avg 1.5 · Moderate Russia 4incidents avg 1.0 · Moderate Iraq 3incidents avg 2.7 · Moderate France 3incidents avg 1.3 · Moderate Netherlands 3incidents avg 2.3 · Moderate

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Operations initiated & responses drawn

(Turkey) Israel ·Transportation Alleged Turkish Hackers Breached Israir And Attempted To Steal Customer Information In Israel In December 2025 1 Dec 2025

Incident · Low severity 1 Dec 2025

(Turkey) Israel ·Transportation

Alleged Turkish Hackers Breached Israir And Attempted To Steal Customer Information In Israel In December 2025

Sea Turtle Iraq ·Ethnic +1 Türkiye-Backed Cyberespionage Group Sea Turtle Exploited a Zero-Day Vulnerability in the Output Messenger Application to Attack the Kurdish Military in Iraq in 2025 1 Jan 2025

Incident · Low severity 1 Jan 2025

Sea Turtle Iraq ·Ethnic +1

Türkiye-Backed Cyberespionage Group Sea Turtle Exploited a Zero-Day Vulnerability in the Output Messenger Application to Attack the Kurdish Military in Iraq in 2025

(Turkey) Turkey ·Transportation Hacker 'hades_hgs' Breached HGS Database in Turkey, Stealing Personal and Financial Information of Over 5 Million Users, and Demanding Ransom on 14 December 2024 13 Dec 2024

Incident · Low severity 13 Dec 2024

(Turkey) Turkey ·Transportation

Hacker 'hades_hgs' Breached HGS Database in Turkey, Stealing Personal and Financial Information of Over 5 Million Users, and Demanding Ransom on 14 December 2024

Ziya Kadiroglu Turkey ·Civil service / administration Turkish Hackers Led by Ziya Kadiroglu Breached Ministry of National Education in Turkey on 5 November 2024 5 Nov 2024

Incident · Low severity 5 Nov 2024

Ziya Kadiroglu Turkey ·Civil service / administration

Turkish Hackers Led by Ziya Kadiroglu Breached Ministry of National Education in Turkey on 5 November 2024

A.A. Turkey ·Transportation Allegedly, three people disrupted the Ekomobil traffic application of the Izmit Metropolitan Municipality in the Turkish province of Kocaeli on 30 August 2024 30 Aug 2024

Incident · Low severity 30 Aug 2024

A.A. Turkey ·Transportation

Allegedly, three people disrupted the Ekomobil traffic application of the Izmit Metropolitan Municipality in the Turkish province of Kocaeli on 30 August 2024

(Turkey) France ·Civil service / administration Turkish hacktivist group Bozkurtlar (aka Grey Wolves) hijacked website of French Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion (CERC) on 7 April 2024 7 Apr 2024

Incident · Low severity 7 Apr 2024

(Turkey) France ·Civil service / administration

Turkish hacktivist group Bozkurtlar (aka Grey Wolves) hijacked website of French Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion (CERC) on 7 April 2024

MUTARRIF Germany ·Critical Manufacturing Hacktivist Group Mutarrif hijacked X and Instagram social media accounts of German Car manufacturer BMW in Turkey on 20 February 2024 20 Feb 2024

Incident · Low severity 20 Feb 2024

MUTARRIF Germany ·Critical Manufacturing

Hacktivist Group Mutarrif hijacked X and Instagram social media accounts of German Car manufacturer BMW in Turkey on 20 February 2024

MeshSec Israel ·Corporate Targets Turkish hacktivist group MeshSec suspected to have defaced billboards of Israeli cinema chain Lev Group on 23 Janaury 2024 23 Jan 2024

Incident · Low severity 23 Jan 2024

MeshSec Israel ·Corporate Targets

Turkish hacktivist group MeshSec suspected to have defaced billboards of Israeli cinema chain Lev Group on 23 Janaury 2024

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