The Washington Post

Jul 2025 · Graded Verified · Media and Entertainment · Government record

Incident summary

The Washington PostJul 2025
breach at Oracle
Not yet quantified
VVerified
The Washington Post was compromised through a previously unknown vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite, allowing data to be accessed and acquired over roughly six weeks. The software flaw was Oracle's, but the exposure came from the authority and data concentrated behind that application. A shared platform vulnerability became a direct path into each customer's retained records.
Media and Entertainment
Washington AG breach notification
Initial attack type software vulnerability confirmed · Impact data theft confirmed

About this record

This incident is on the public government record: an SEC 8-K filing or a state-regulator notification, graded Verified. Every figure links to the source it was read from; if we have read one wrong, tell us at info@hackerinahoodie.com. This index never sums figures across incidents. See the methodology.

Cite this incident

← The complete On the Government Record ledger ← Back to the index