Unauthorised access to Pegasus systems compromises 11,762 people's information
Unauthorised access to Pegasus's IT request and development systems occurred using an administrator password. The breach began on 12 October 2026 and was detected on 26 October, affecting the identity and contact information of 11,762 employees and users. How the administrator password was obtained remains unknown.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Pegasus
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-10-12
- Scale of damage
- Identity and contact information of 11,762 employees and users
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to IT request and development systems using an administrator password
- Location
- Türkiye
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Timeline
- Unauthorised access to IT request and development systems began using an administrator password.
- The last day of the period during which unauthorised access continued was identified.
- It became known that the identity and contact information of 11,762 employees and users had been affected.
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