HackingTechnologyTelecom & MediaInformationVulnerability ExploitZero-DayData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

The Washington Post

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 27, 2025

Filed

Nov 12, 2025

To disclose

16 days

Affected

9,562scope not determined

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

67%

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

The Washington Post disclosed a data breach affecting customer data (names, SSNs) due to exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite. The incident occurred between July 10 and August 22, 2025. The Post engaged forensic experts, secured systems, applied patches, and offered identity protection services. 9,562 Rhode Island residents were notified.

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Vermont clock✓ VT AG ≤14 bday16 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 109 days

discovery → filing · 16 days

Jul 10, 2025

Begins

Oct 27, 2025

Discovered

Nov 12, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

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 →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_209d44025d2c2a3d2025-11-12Verified
Montana State AGbd_2d05f81698405b0c2025-11-12Candidate
Nebraska State AGbd_6e10abe650a92d392025-11-12Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_ae6db829f44ccef92025-11-12Verified by operator

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Washington State AGbd_63991b5360c381222026-07-13 · +243dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_7696587630ae34ed2026-07-13 · +243dVerified
California State AGbd_78926bf02d97b8f82026-07-13 · +243dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_c1d11a5eb36e7ede2026-07-13 · +243dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_0d97643c7c02e0a62026-07-14 · +244dVerified by operator
Texas State AGbd_8e858a0885ff65162026-07-14 · +244dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: The Washington Post
norm: the washington post
Domain: washingtonpost.com

Name: The Washington Post
norm: the washington post
Domain: washingtonpost.com
Industry: TechnologyllmTelecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Oct 27, 2025
Breach occurred: Jul 10, 2025 – Aug 22, 2025
Undetected for: 109 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 12, 2025
Affected individuals: 9,562scope not determined
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched a thorough investigation of our Oracle application environment with the assistance of forensic experts
Secured our systems and Oracle application environment
Applying patches as soon as Oracle made them available
Offering you 12/24 months of complimentary identity protection services from IDX
Changes made: Applying patches as soon as Oracle made them available
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 days(16 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG ≤14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

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Indiana State AGNov 12 · first

Montana State AGNov 12 · first

Nebraska State AGNov 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 12 · first

Vermont State AGNov 12 · first · this page

Washington State AG+243d

New Hampshire State AG+243d

California State AG+243d

Vermont State AG+243d

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.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-11-12-washington-post-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 12, 2025
Raw hash: 82acdfe8a010198442a3ab1bbe85f39822178b718c377b04577aa66999a1966d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Washington Post

Victim entityThe Washington Post

Incidentdiscovered Oct 27, 2025

Stated responseLaunched a thorough investigation of our Oracle application environment with the assistance of forensic experts

ComplianceVT AG ≤14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov