Washington Post Probes Hack of Journalist Email Accounts

The Washington Post is investigating a cyberattack on the email accounts of some journalists, prompting the newspaper to beef up its online security.

The intrusion was discovered late Thursday and the company carried out a forced reset of login credentials for all staff the following night, according to a memo sent by Executive Editor Matt Murray to affected employees on Sunday. The memo, reviewed by Bloomberg News, said the attack affected a limited number of email accounts of journalists and a forensic team had been brought in to investigate.