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The leak reported to be from YSG [1], organization that manages the election registers. Software used by them developed by Cybersoft [2]. Cybersoft was part of

The leak reported to be from YSG [1], organization that manages the election registers. Software used by them developed by Cybersoft [2]. Cybersoft was part of the system who developed the new identity system in Turkey. The practices used by Cybersoft reported to be horrible. I know someone who worked on that project (about 15 years ago), reportedly they were really bad, playing games on servers where the all identity data of the citizens are stored. I do also know that any employee who was part of the project had access to the query systems, so it was possible to query the database for all citizens of Turkey, not sure how much data it revealed but it revealed the number of people with that name and surname ever born for sure. Now, I'm not a fan of Erdogan but Cybersoft was developing stuff before Erdogan even got elected. So yes, maybe the government who started to work with Cybersoft was corrupt, maybe the current one is too but let's not just use every single baseless argument to attack Erdogan, it doesn't help anything. [1] http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/faces/Anasayfa.jspx http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/faces/Anasayfa.jspx [2] http://www.cs.com.tr/TR/ http://www.cs.com.tr/TR/

ratbertovich 10y ago
I've been working for Cybersoft for the last 20 years, and I know we have not developed that system, whatever system is in question. We never had contracted work for either the NVI - Nufus Vatandaslik Isleri (General Directorate of Civil Registration and Nationality http://www.nvi.gov.tr/English,En_Html.html http://www.nvi.gov.tr/English,En_Html.html), the owner of the data on Turkish citizens, or the YSK - Yuksek Secim Kurulu (Directorate of Elections http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ - they lack content on the English page) the state organizer for elections, and a client of NVI for voter information. As far as I know, development of the NVI system for "Central Population Management System (MERNİS), Identity Share System and Address Registration System" was contracted to and is still maintained by Kale Yazilim (http://www.kaleyazilim.com.tr/EN/Pages/Haberler.aspx http://www.kaleyazilim.com.tr/EN/Pages/Haberler.aspx). Likewise the development of the YSK system was contracted to and still maintained by HAVELSAN (http://www.havelsan.com.tr/ENG/Main/urun/2321/the-supreme-election-council-election-information-system-secsis http://www.havelsan.com.tr/ENG/Main/urun/2321/the-supreme-el...). Both projects were contracted when AKP was ruling, though I'm not sure why we are discussing this aspect. If the software leaked information, it is the usual suspect: the Turkish government awards contracts on price-point and the easy way to build cheap software is to forgo testing and quality assurance. As Murphy's law states: "Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder." You get what you payed for. As a reference system we developed, check out the General Directorate of Revenues' automation for its 1000+ tax offices and the 2003 ComputerWorld Honors winning Internet Tax Office. Last, we have English content at http://www.cybersoft.com.tr/ENG/?q=node http://www.cybersoft.com.tr/ENG/?q=node, where you can check our references.

ratbertovich 10y ago

I've been working for Cybersoft for the last 20 years, and I know we have not developed that system, whatever system is in question. We never had contracted work for either the NVI - Nufus Vatandaslik Isleri (General Directorate of Civil Registration and Nationality http://www.nvi.gov.tr/English,En_Html.html http://www.nvi.gov.tr/English,En_Html.html), the owner of the data on Turkish citizens, or the YSK - Yuksek Secim Kurulu (Directorate of Elections http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ - they lack content on the English page) the state organizer for elections, and a client of NVI for voter information. As far as I know, development of the NVI system for "Central Population Management System (MERNİS), Identity Share System and Address Registration System" was contracted to and is still maintained by Kale Yazilim (http://www.kaleyazilim.com.tr/EN/Pages/Haberler.aspx http://www.kaleyazilim.com.tr/EN/Pages/Haberler.aspx). Likewise the development of the YSK system was contracted to and still maintained by HAVELSAN (http://www.havelsan.com.tr/ENG/Main/urun/2321/the-supreme-election-council-election-information-system-secsis http://www.havelsan.com.tr/ENG/Main/urun/2321/the-supreme-el...). Both projects were contracted when AKP was ruling, though I'm not sure why we are discussing this aspect. If the software leaked information, it is the usual suspect: the Turkish government awards contracts on price-point and the easy way to build cheap software is to forgo testing and quality assurance. As Murphy's law states: "Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder." You get what you payed for. As a reference system we developed, check out the General Directorate of Revenues' automation for its 1000+ tax offices and the 2003 ComputerWorld Honors winning Internet Tax Office. Last, we have English content at http://www.cybersoft.com.tr/ENG/?q=node http://www.cybersoft.com.tr/ENG/?q=node, where you can check our references.