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The Washington Post

bd_63991b5360c38122 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 29, 2025

Filed

Jul 13, 2026

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

514state residents only

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for The Washington Post →2 incidents on file

The Washington Post, a business sector entity reported a ransomware incident to the Washington Attorney General. The organization became aware of the incident on 2025-09-29 and filed notice on 2026-07-13. 514 Washington residents were affected. 287 days elapsed between awareness and notification. 81 days to identify the breach. 0 days to contain the breach.

Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d41 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Sep 29, 2025

Discovered

Jul 13, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+23 wks slower

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of ORACLE CORPORATION supply-chain incident (2025) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →
A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 247 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 243d gap

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGNov 12 · first
Montana State AGNov 12 · first
Nebraska State AGNov 12 · first
Massachusetts State AGNov 12 · first
New Hampshire State AGNov 12 · first
New Hampshire State AG+243d
California State AG+243d
Vermont State AG+243d
Washington State AG+243d · this page
Oregon State AG+244d
Texas State AG+244d

Pattern: first filing Nov 12 (IN), last Jul 14 (TX) — a 244-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — the full spread may be wider.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.