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Lee Enterprises data breach

USUnited States

Lee Enterprises (United States) notified the Oregon Department of Justice and the California Attorney General of a data breach on 4 June 2025. It told the states about 39,779 Oregon residents; the total can be higher. The breach began on 3 February 2025, 121 days before it was reported.

Breach reported 4 June 2025

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
39,779 Oregon residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported
4 June 2025
Breach began
3 February 2025
Time to tell
121 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.

Before the notice: the ransomware gang Qilin named Lee Enterprises on its leak site on 27 February 2025, 97 days before this was reported. Matched by the organisation’s name: the notice itself does not say who the attacker was.

Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to Oregon, California. · Corrections and changes

Breach reported 18 February 2025

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
Not reported yet
Reported
18 February 2025

What was exposed

The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.

Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to SEC filings. · Corrections and changes

If Lee Enterprises had your data

  1. Look for Lee Enterprises’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
  2. The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does. If Lee Enterprises has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
  3. Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Lee Enterprises, your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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