ROYAL Mail is continuing to experience severe service disruption to international export services following a cyber incident, affecting all Dorset Post Office branches. The postal service is temporarily unable to despatch items to overseas destinations following a cyber-attack allegedly carried out by a ransomware gang linked to Russia. Post Office …
Read More »How Royal Mail’s hacker became the world’s most prolific ransomware group
As the UK’s Royal Mail grappled with the fallout of a ransomware attack, a purported member of the LockBit hacking group stepped forward on the weekend to take credit for the mayhem. LockBit has been busy: in just the past month, it has claimed to have compromised 40 organisations, from …
Read More »MP accuses Royal Mail of prioritising delivery of parcels over letters
An MP has accused Royal Mail of prioritising the delivery of parcels rather than letters, the BBC reports. Business Committee Chair and Bristol North West Member of Parliament Darren Jones has claimed a whistleblower has sent a poster to him that was displayed in a post office encouraging workers to …
Read More »Royal Mail CEO confirms cyberattack downed UK postal service
Royal Mail vans outside a depot in Stoke-on-Trent in the U.K. following a cyberattack on its systems. Image Credits: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson has confirmed that a cyberattack is to blame for the ongoing disruption at the U.K. postal giant. The admission comes almost a week after …
Read More »Royal Mail tells customers not to send items abroad after cyber attack
CYBER ATTACK: The company has reported ‘severe’ disruption to its overseas service (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Wire) Reporting by Ruby Flanagan Royal Mail has said that customers should not send items abroad until “further notice” following a cyber attack. The delivery company said it is continuing to experience “severe service …
Read More »MP accuses Royal Mail of prioritising parcels over letters
An MP has accused Royal Mail of prioritising the delivery of parcels rather than letters, the BBC reports. Business Committee Chair and Bristol North West Member of Parliament Darren Jones has claimed a whistleblower has sent a poster to him that was displayed in a post office encouraging workers to …
Read More »Post Office staff may join Royal Mail colleagues in going on strike over pay dispute
Post Office staff may join Royal Mail colleagues in going on strike over pay dispute Post Office workers strike threatens to engulf post system in further crisis Action short of strikes already under way and could escalate into a full walkout There is also severe disruption at privately-run Royal Mail …
Read More »Union accuses Royal Mail of most brutal attack on workers for decades | Business
The head of the union locked in an industrial dispute with Royal Mail has accused bosses of deliberately running down the company’s universal service and launching the “most brutal attack” on any group of workers in Britain for decades. Appearing before MPs on the Commons business, energy and industrial strategy …
Read More »Royal Mail promises ‘workarounds’ to restore services after ransomware attack
Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson has apologised to consumer and business customers impacted by a likely LockBit ransomware attack on its systems, which has left the postal service unable to dispatch letters and parcels to overseas destinations, and promised a “workaround” will be in place in the near future Giving …
Read More »Royal Mail boss grilled over £140,000 bonus as union threatens six more months of strikes | Politics News
The CEO of Royal Mail is facing questions over his half-a-million-pound salary and £140,000 bonus – despite the worsening state of the service and workers striking over pay and conditions. In a hearing with the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) committee, Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson was grilled by …
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