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Cyberattack on Washington Post Strikes Journalists’ Email Accounts

By Kim S. Nash

 

Welcome back. A cyberattack on the Washington Post compromised email accounts of several journalists and was potentially the work of a foreign government, company officials told some affected staffers in recent days, according to people familiar with the matter.

The reporters targeted include those on the national-security and economic-policy teams, including some who write about China, the people said. Read the full WSJ story.

More news below.

 

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Canadian airline WestJet is investigating a suspected cyberattack detected Friday that has led to intermittent outages of its public website and its consumer app. "Our operations remain safe and stable and are not impacted by the situation," WestJet said Sunday in a statement on its website. The company is working with regulators and law enforcement, it said. 

Settlement: Dublin, Calif.-based Patelco Credit Union agreed to pay $7.25 million to settle a data-breach lawsuit filed after a cyberattack last summer compromised personal information about nearly 500,000 customers.

  • A consent order early this year with the state's Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation mandates Patelco improve its cybersecurity and auditing practices and pay a penalty of $100,000.  (Danville San Ramon)

Iran-linked hacking surges. Israel has seen a rise of cyberattacks targeting its critical infrastructure in recent days, activity that security provider Radware attributed to Iran as physical conflict intensifies between the two countries. Also surging are denial-of-service attacks on public websites in Israel, Radware said. (Jerusalem Post)

 

About Us

The WSJ Pro Cybersecurity team is Deputy Bureau Chief Kim S. Nash and reporters Angus Loten, James Rundle and Catherine Stupp. Follow us on X @WSJCyber. Reach the team by replying to any newsletter you receive or by emailing Kim at kim.nash@wsj.com.

 
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