The intruders may have gained wide-ranging access before the paper's computers were taken offline.

Quite frankly, the Post hasn't written anything worth reading for years, so I wonder why the hackers bothered.

“Like other companies in the news recently, we face cybersecurity threats,” Post spokeswoman Kris Coratti said. “In this case, we worked with [security company] Mandiant to detect, investigate, and remediate the situation promptly at the end of 2011. We have a number of security measures in place to guard against cyberattacks on an ongoing basis.”

 Chinese hackers suspected in attack on The Washinton Post's computers - The Washington Post