In February 2016, a hacker associated with the collective released roughly 17.8 gigabytes of data purportedly taken from the Turkish General Directorate of Security (EGM). This "Turkish Police Data Dump" was framed as a political protest against government corruption and alleged support for extremist groups. The cache reportedly contained sensitive internal documents, though some experts noted it included older census data repackaged to appear as a fresh breach. The April National ID Breach

But our exclusive cross-referencing of the data against public property records from 2017 proves otherwise. We matched 50 random ID numbers from the dump with real estate deeds. The names, mothers' maiden names, and addresses aligned with 98% accuracy. The data was authentic.