The Washington Post reported that the company was one of the victims of a hacking campaign related to Oracle's suite of enterprise software apps.
Reuters first reported the news on Friday, citing a statement from the paper that said the company was affected “by a breach of the Oracle E-Business Suite platform.”
A spokesperson for the Post did not immediately respond to TechCrunch's request for comment.
Reached via email, Oracle spokesperson Michael Egbert told TechCrunch he mentioned two previously published advisories, but did not respond to our questions.
Last month, Google announced that the ransomware group Clop was targeting businesses by exploiting multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle's E-Business Suite software, which companies use to store sensitive data such as business operations and personnel files.
According to Google, the exploit allowed hackers to steal customer business data and employee records from more than 100 companies.
The hackers' campaign began in late September, when company executives reported receiving extortion messages sent from email addresses previously associated with Klopp's gang, claiming the hackers had stolen large amounts of confidential internal business data and employee personal information from hacked Oracle systems.
Anti-ransomware company Halcyon told TechCrunch at the time that the hackers demanded a $50 million ransom payment from one executive of the affected company.
On Thursday, Klopp claimed on his website that he had hacked the Washington Post and claimed the company had “ignored security”. This is a phrase often used by the Klopp gang when the victim does not pay the hacker.
It is not uncommon for ransomware and extortion gangs like Clop to publish victims' names and stolen files as a pressure tactic. This could indicate that the victim has not negotiated a payment with the gang, or that negotiations have broken down.
Several other organizations have acknowledged being affected by the Oracle E-Business hack, including Harvard University and American Airlines subsidiary Envoy.