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AKP Emails data breach (2016)

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.

Victim
AKP Emails
records
917.5K
SectorGovernment
CountryTürkiye

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2016-07-19, AKP Emails was affected by a data breach. Approximately 917,461 accounts were exposed. 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.

Sources

  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#AKPEmails
  2. akparti.org.trhttps://akparti.org.tr

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