Data breach · July 2016

Was I in the AKP Emails breach?

AKP Emails is Turkey's ruling political party. Its breach happened in July 2016 and exposed 917,461 accounts. It included email messages and email addresses. If you had an account there by July 2016, check your address below to see whether it is one of them.

Breach record last updated . Steps read from the government pages at the foot of this page.

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01

What happened?

A hacker broke into the systems of Turkey's governing party in July 2016 and took a large volume of emails. The full email contents were later published by WikiLeaks in searchable form. Many of the addresses in the data were message IDs and other addresses not tied to users.

Organisation
AKP Emails, Turkey's ruling political party (akparti.org.tr)
When it happened
July 2016
Added to monitored breach databases
1 October 2017
Accounts in the data
917,461
What was exposed
email messages and email addresses

The breach record cites a public report on motherboard.vice.com.

02

What was exposed, and what does it mean for me?

  • Messages you wroteemail messages

    Private messages can hold personal details, and their exposure can be used to pressure or embarrass you.

  • Your email addressemail addresses

    Expect messages that look like they come from this service or another one you use, written to get you to click a link or sign in on a fake page.

03

What should I do now?

In this order, for what this breach exposed.

1. Assume your messages can be read

  • Think about what you wrote on AKP Emails and who it names. Warn anyone whose details you shared.
  • If someone threatens to publish what you wrote unless you pay, do not pay. Keep the messages and report it to your local police.

2. Expect phishing

  • Be wary of messages that urge you to act fast, ask for personal details, or link to an address that is slightly off.
  • If a message might be genuine, do not use its links or phone numbers. Go to the site by typing its address yourself.
04

Is my address in it?

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Where does this come from?

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