AKP Emails
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.
Compromised Data
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Breach Overview
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Affected Accounts:
917.5 thousand
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Breach Occurred:
July 2016
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Added to HIBP:
1 Oct 2017
Recommended Actions
Change Your Password
If you haven't changed your AKP Emails password since 2016, do so immediately.
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Check Other Accounts
If you used the same password elsewhere, change those too.
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Watch for unusual login attempts or messages from your account.
