AKP Emails

Disclosed Oct 1, 2017917,461 accountsUnverified

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.

What is known

People affected	917,461 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
Disclosed	Oct 1, 2017
Happened	Jul 19, 2016
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	EmailsDates of birth
Sector	Tech
Status	Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
Check your email	Have I Been Pwned

Sources

Aggregatorhaveibeenpwned.com

Have I Been Pwned: AKP Emails

Notices filed

Accounts in the dataOct 1, 2017

Have I Been Pwned917,461 people

History of this record

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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