The Washington Post Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (WAS1765174011)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the The Washington Post breach identified under incident ID WAS1765174011.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of The Washington Post's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/washingtonpost, the number of followers: 1614652, the industry type: Newspaper Publishing and the number of employees: 3776 employees

After the initial compromise, the video explains how Rankiteo's incident engine converts technical details into a normalized incident score. The incident score before the incident was 508 and after the incident was 446 with a difference of -62 which is could be a good indicator of the severity and impact of the incident.

In the next step of the video, we will analyze in more details the incident and the impact it had on The Washington Post and their customers.

The Washington Post recently reported "Washington Post Data Breach Lawsuit", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

An ex-Washington Post employee filed a class action lawsuit against the news organization after a data breach exposed the personal data of nearly 10,000 current and former workers, alleging inadequate cybersecurity protections.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), and exposing Personal data of 9,720 individuals, with nearly 9,720 records at risk, plus an estimated financial loss of Victims suffered financial losses.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how and recommending next steps like Hardened data security measures.

Finally, we try to match the incident with the MITRE ATT&CK framework to see if there is any correlation between the incident and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

The MITRE ATT&CK framework is a knowledge base of techniques and sub-techniques that are used to describe the tactics and procedures of cyber adversaries. It is a powerful tool for understanding the threat landscape and for developing effective defense strategies.

Rankiteo's analysis has identified several MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques associated with this incident, each with varying levels of confidence based on available evidence. Under the Initial Access tactic, the analysis identified Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating exploitation of zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-61882) in Oracle EBS. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Credential Access (T1212) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating oracle EBS security flaws exploited; potential access to HR/financial data. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating personal data of 9,720 individuals compromised; identity theft risk and Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data breach involved PII; likely exfiltrated via unauthorized channels. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no evidence of data destruction, but breach implies potential misuse, Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with lower confidence (10%), supported by evidence indicating no ransomware or encryption mentioned in incident, and Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating no direct evidence, but PII exposure suggests potential misuse. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating zero-day (CVE-2025-61882) exploitation implies privilege escalation and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating failure to implement adequate cybersecurity procedures. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.