Türkiye prevents more than 130,000 cyber-attacks in 2022

In a written statement, Adil Karaismailoğlu noted that Cyber Security Incident Response Team was founded in 2013 and more than 2,000 cybersecurity professionals were employed in the agency.

Karaismailoğlu added that a total of 664,263 cyber-attacks had been prevented in the last six years.

Cyberattacks are unwelcome attempts to steal, expose, alter, disable or destroy information through unauthorized access to computer systems.

Other cyberattack motivations include espionage, spying—to gain an unfair advantage over competitors—and intellectual challenge. (ILKHA)