AKP Emails Data Breach

What happened?

In July 2016, a hacker known as Phineas Fisher hacked Turkey's ruling party (Justice and Development Party or "AKP") and gained access to 300k emails . The full contents of the emails were subsequently published by WikiLeaks and made searchable . HIBP identified over 917k unique email address patterns in the data set, including message IDs and a number of other non-user addresses.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is July 19, 2016. The record was added to the catalogue on October 1, 2017 and last updated there on October 1, 2017.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Email messages

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with AKP Emails or used akparti.org.tr around July 19, 2016. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.