First class stamp to cost more than £1, says Royal Mail

A first class stamp is to cost more than £1 following an inflation-busting increase, Royal Mail has announced. The cost of sending letters overnight will rise from 95p to £1.10 in April, Royal Mail confirmed, months after the postal operator warned significant price rises would be necessary unless it was …

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WH Smith reveals it has been the target of a cyber attack

WH Smith said the attack has seen hackers access company data including current and former employee information. It said the hack has not impacted its trading activities and stressed its website, customer accounts and customer databases are on separate, unaffected separate systems. WH Smith said: “Upon becoming aware of the incident, we …

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Naoris Protocol snaps up former IBM chief scientist to lead its strategy

Former IBM chief scientist and global DNS system designer David Holtzman has been snapped up by decentralised cyber security provider Naoris Protocol as its new chief strategy officer.  The appointment follows a six-month period in which Holtzman has been working with the company in an advisory capacity distributed systems, cyber security, and blockchain. …

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WH Smith Staff Data ‘Cyber Incident’

British high street retailer WH Smith has become the latest organisation that is dealing with a cyber security incident. The Guardian newspaper quoted the retailer saying in a statement to the city, that a “cyber security incident” has resulted in illegal access to some company data, including current and former …

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