Washington, USA
State
Location overview
Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest, bordered by Canada, Idaho, Oregon and the Pacific Ocean. Olympia is the state capital, while Seattle is its largest city and the center of its largest metropolitan area. The Cascade Range divides the wetter western portion of the state from the generally drier interior, creating distinct geographic and climatic regions. Washington had an estimated population of about 8 million in 2025 and includes 39 counties. Its economy includes technology, aerospace, agriculture, forestry, maritime trade, manufacturing and tourism.
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Related incidents
- Washington Secretary of State ballot-box map cyberattack
- Spokane Public Schools network security incident
- Chelan County malware disrupts government systems
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- Stryker global destructive cyberattack
- BridgePay ransomware payment-processing outage
- West Pierce Fire & Rescue cyber incident
- Lakewood Towne Center Billboard Intrusion
- Data I/O ransomware disrupted manufacturing and shipping
- MathWorks ransomware attack disrupts software services
- Pierce County Library System ransomware incident
- Mt. Baker Imaging cyberattack disrupts imaging services
- Whitman Hospital & Medical Clinics cyberattack
- Blue Yonder ransomware incident
- Washington court intrusion disrupts statewide systems
- Conduent cyberattack disrupts child-support payments
- Highline Public Schools ransomware attack
- Port of Seattle ransomware attack
- Microsoft Azure DDoS-triggered service disruption
- Franklin County cyberattack response takes systems offline
- Richland school cyber incident disrupts academic records
- City of Richland cyberattack
Organizations
- Chelan County, Washington
- City of Palouse
- City of Richland
- Data I/O Corporation
- Franklin County Government
- Highline Public Schools
- Kennewick Police Department
- Lakewood Towne Center
- Microsoft Corporation
- Mt. Baker Imaging
- Northwest Radiologists
- PeaceHealth
- Pierce County Library System
- Port of Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Premera Blue Cross
- Richland School District
- Spokane Public Schools
- Starbucks Corporation
- Stryker Corporation
- Washington Office of the Secretary of State
- Washington State Courts
- West Pierce Fire & Rescue
- Western Washington University
- Whitman Hospital & Medical Clinics