Clop Ransomware group claims the breach of The Washington Post

The Clop Ransomware group claims a breach of The Washington Post, posting that the cybercrime group created a page for the university on its Tor data leak site and announced it will leak the stolen data soon, according to Security Affairs.

The group’s message says the company was breached due to its neglect of security, despite its responsibility to protect customers, with the line: “The company doesn’t care about its customers, it ignored their security!!!” In mid-October, the Clop Ransomware group claimed the breach of The Washington Post and added the American daily newspaper to its Tor data leak site. DataBreaches notes that this indignant message is standard issue for the group for each victim that does not pay them. This post appeared on 6 November 2025.