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The Washington Post data breach

USUnited States · DC

The Washington Post (DC, United States) notified the Oregon Department of Justice, the Vermont Attorney General, the Texas Attorney General, the California Attorney General and the Washington Attorney General of a data breach on 13 July 2026. It told the states about 862 Texas residents; the total can be higher. Exposed: Social Security numbers, Government ID numbers, Health insurance details, Health and medical information, Financial account and card details and Names. The breach began on 29 September 2025, 287 days before it was reported.

Breach reported 13 July 2026

Status: Confirmed breach
People affected: 862 Texas residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported: 13 July 2026
Across the state notices: at least 1,871 people (Oregon, Vermont, Texas and Washington: each state counts only its own residents)
Breach began: 29 September 2025
Time to tell: 287 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

Social Security numbers
Government ID numbers
Health insurance details
Health and medical information
Financial account and card details
Names

What changed since it was first reported

29 October 2026 Confirmed breach, 862 Texas residents (Texas Attorney General)

What the letter says

We have not read this letter yet.

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Sources

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

Breach reported 12 November 2025

Status: Confirmed breach
People affected: Not reported yet
Reported: 12 November 2025
Breach began: 10 July 2025
Time to tell: 125 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 Cl0p named The Washington Post on its leak site on 7 November 2025, 5 days before this was reported. Matched by the organisation’s name: the notice itself does not say who the attacker was.

Sources

Official notice · 12 November 2025California Attorney General

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

If The Washington Post had your data

Look for The Washington Post’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
Call your bank on the number printed on your card (never one from a message), check recent payments and ask for a new card.
An ID number cannot be changed, so lock it: a credit freeze or fraud alert in the US, a credit warning (kreditadvarsel) on borger.dk in Denmark, Cifas protective registration in the UK.
Check your health insurer’s statements for treatment you never had.
Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be The Washington Post, 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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