MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Cyberattack on news website – T24
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
T24
CITY
İstanbul
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2024
LAST UPDATED
01/08/2025
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Internet News Portal
THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED
Media Outlet
RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Right to Impart Information and Ideas
TYPE OF INTERFERENCE
Third-Party Interference
Interference to the Content of the Statement

5 September – 2024

Following a cyberattack on the news website T24, a fake article claiming that President Erdoğan was distributing Bitcoin was published by hackers. The article, titled “Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is now giving away Bitcoin for the next 24 hours!”, appeared under the name of T24 columnist Hasan Cemal and was later removed.

T24 issued a public statement and apologized for the incident.