MalwareTechnologyInformationRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedBiometricFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIPIIHealth (basic)MediumContained

The Yakima Herald-Republic & The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 14, 2025

Filed

Jun 25, 2025

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

659state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for The Yakima Herald-Republic & The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin →

The Yakima Herald-Republic & The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reported a ransomware cyberattack in Washington state affecting 659 individuals. The incident occurred between March 14 and 16, 2025, and was discovered on March 14, 2025. Affected data included personal information and government IDs. The organization provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft insurance.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d15 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 103 days

Mar 14, 2025

Begins

Mar 14, 2025

Discovered

Jun 25, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_266f8eb368709ff92025-06-25Candidate

Name: The Yakima Herald-Republic & The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
norm: the yakima herald republic the walla walla union bulletin

Name: The Yakima Herald-Republic & The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
norm: the yakima herald republic the walla walla union bulletin
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Mar 14, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 14, 2025 – Mar 16, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 25, 2025
Affected individuals: 659state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthPassport numberHealth insurance IDMedical informationBiometric data
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Cyberscout, a TransUnion company
Provided $1,000,000 in identity theft insurance coverage
Provided fraud remediation services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(103 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGJun 25 · first

Washington State AGJun 25 · first · this page

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.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA33701.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 25, 2025
Raw hash: c5950fecdb936662247843752330d57e2d6703f0887d3a0da7527fa383938753

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Yakima Herald-Republic & The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Victim entityThe Yakima Herald-Republic & The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Incidentdiscovered Mar 14, 2025

Stated responseOffered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Cyberscout, a TransUnion company

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com