June 15 (Reuters) - The Washington Post is investigating

a cyberattack on email accounts of some of its journalists, a

source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.

There has been a possible unauthorized targeted intrusion

affecting a few journalists, the source said. The Wall Street

Journal, which first reported the breach, said it was

potentially the work of a foreign government.

According to the report, staffers at the Washington Post

were told the intrusions compromised journalists' Microsoft ( MSFT )

accounts and could have granted the intruder access to

work emails.

The reporters whose emails were targeted included members of

the national security and economic policy teams, including some

who write about China, the report added.

Matt Murray, the Washington Post's executive editor, said in

an internal memo that the investigation was initiated after the

breach was discovered on Thursday, the WSJ reported.

In 2022, News Corp ( NWSA ), which publishes the WSJ, was

breached by digital intruders. The email accounts and data of an

unspecified number of journalists were compromised in that

incident.