Hack of Washington Post's Oracle environment leaks data of about 10,000 people
The Washington Post's Oracle environment was hacked, and the information of about 10,000 people, including employees and contractors, was stolen. The Washington Post confirmed the data breach in November 2025. The leaked information included Social Security numbers.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- The Washington Post
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal data, including Social Security numbers, of about 10,000 employees, contractors and others
- Cause / method
- Hack of Oracle environment
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The Washington Post confirmed a data breach linked to the Oracle hack.
- It was confirmed that the information of about 10,000 people, including employees and contractors, had been stolen from the Oracle environment.
- It was reported that the leaked information included Social Security numbers, and the possibility of lawsuits was raised.
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