Former Washington Post employee launches class action suit against the outlet after massive data breach

Source: Politico

12/05/2025 03:56 PM EST


A former employee of The Washington Post filed a class action lawsuit against the outlet on Friday over a recent breach that compromised the personal data of thousands of current and former employees. Jun Hee Kim, who according to the filing worked at the Post from 2018 to 2019, filed the suit on behalf of the almost 10,000 current and former employees, and says the Post did not adequately secure their personal data.

The Post disclosed the breach earlier this year. It noted that around 9,700 individuals were impacted by the hack, and their personal data, including names, Social Security numbers and banking information, may have been compromised. The breach occurred between July and August, and the news organization notified those impacted last month.

According to the disclosure, the Post was made aware of the incident in September after it was contacted by a hacker claiming to have gained access to its Oracle E-Business Suite. The popular business management platform was targeted in a large-scale extortion campaign by Russian-speaking cybercriminals, which impacted dozens of businesses and organizations, including several Ivy League universities and regional U.S. airline Envoy Air.

The Post offered the thousands of employees affected by the breach the opportunity to enroll in free identity protection services, according to the disclosure. In addition, the Post said it patched its Oracle systems and investigated the hack.

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