Washington Post
Washington Post data breach impacts nearly 10K employees, contractors
The Washington Post is notifying nearly 10,000 employees and contractors that some of their personal and financial data has been exposed in the Oracle data theft attack. The news organization is one of the largest daily newspapers in the U.S. with approximately 2.5 million digital subscribers. Between July 10 and August 22, threat actors accessed parts of […]
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Washington Post’s email system hacked, journalists’ accounts compromised
Email accounts of several Washington Post journalists were compromised in a cyberattack believed to have been carried out by a foreign government. The incident was discovered on Thursday evening and the publication started an investigation. On Sunday, June 15, an internal memo was sent to employees, informing them of a “possible targeted unauthorized intrusion into their […]
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