Overview

• Investigators detected a suspected targeted intrusion in the Post’s email system last Thursday affecting a limited group of journalists.
• On Friday, the newspaper required all employees to reset their login credentials to secure its network.
• Executive Editor Matt Murray said no other Post systems or customers were impacted by the breach.
• The Post has contacted the journalists whose accounts were compromised and continues its internal investigation.
• The identity of the attackers remains unknown but reflects broader threats from state-backed and criminal hackers targeting reporters.