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Cyberattack on Washington Post Strikes Journalists’ Email Accounts

In Data Breach News, Cyberattack, News
June 16, 2025
Cyberattack on Washington Post Strikes Journalists’ Email Accounts
There is some suspicion that China might be responsible for the attacks, but no proof has been provided at this point.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

A cyberattack on the Washington Post compromised email accounts of several journalists and was potentially the work of a foreign government, company officials told some affected staffers in recent days, according to people familiar with the situation.

Staffers were told the intrusions compromised journalists’ Microsoft accounts and could have granted the intruder access to work emails they sent and received, some of the people said. The reporters targeted include those on the national-security and economic-policy teams, including some who write about China, the people said.

Read more at The Wall Street Journal.