Akincilar
Attribution profile
- Type
- Activist
- Location
- Turkey
- Known incidents
- 9 incidents
- Sources
- 3 sources
- First seen
- 2017-11-02
- Last seen
- 2018-05-07
- Updated
- 2026-10-11 00:59
- Aliases
- 3 aliases
STIX characteristics
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Profile narrative
Akincila, also known as Akincilar or Invaders, is a Turkish hacking group that has conducted website defacements and DDoS attacks against targets in Greece, Israel, and the Netherlands. Their operations involve replacing homepage content with images of children waving Turkish flags, Quranic verses in Turkish, Arabic and English, and political messages accusing Greece of supporting terrorists or defending Palestine and Gaza. In May 2018 they defaced the Greek state‑run ANA‑MPA news agency, Suzuki Greece, Honda Greece and the Greek Handball Federation, while Greek hackers retaliated by claiming compromise of Turk Telecom routers. In November 2017 the group hijacked the Times of Israel and Asia Times sites, displaying pro‑Palestine imagery and a Quranic verse, an action linked to earlier DDoS attacks on Dutch websites during diplomatic tensions between Turkey and the Netherlands. No public reporting attributes the group to a state sponsor or criminal enterprise; it is described solely as a Turkish hacker collective conducting politically motivated disruptions.
Incidents
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9 incidentsSources
Sources available to members: 3 sources.