Significant outages in critical infrastructure services caused by cyberattacks are thankfully very rare. That’s why incidents such as Colonial Pipeline achieve significant press and media attention and top-level political engagement: they have rarity value. Computer code on a screen with a skull representing a computer virus / malware attack. getty …
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On January 11, Royal Mail announced that a “cyber incident” sparked significant disruption to its international exports. The British postal service asked its customers to refrain from mailing any international items while it worked through the incident. On January 19, the company released a service update with the news that …
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More from this theme Recent articles One in seven school leaders may have been denied the chance to vote in the NAHT’s strike ballot because of disruption caused by postal strikes, internal union data seen by Schools Week suggests. The union fell short of the mandatory 50 per cent turnout …
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By Linn’s Staff The Columbus Philatelic Club has canceled the Colopex 2023 stamp show, according to a statement on the club’s website and in the January 2023 issue of its newsletter, the Columbian. “Due to the Great American Stamp Show in Cleveland, the club has chosen to cancel this year’s show …
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According to the Office for National Statistics, volumes fell by 1%, more than the consensus estimate of 0.5%. This follows a 0.5% drop in November. Retail sales values, unadjusted for price changes, fell by 1.2% last month. When compared with the pre-Covid level in February 2020, total retail sales were …
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UK retail December sales drop 1% vs. consensus of 0.5%; compares to November retail sales drop of 0.4%. The figure measures change in the total value of inflation-adjusted sales at the retail level, where actual greater than projected is good for the currency. Second monthly drop is a sign that …
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The envelope has a Royal Mail first class postage stamp and was franked in Bridgwater in 1995. On the back there is also a 1995 franking stamp … Source link
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Email marketing firm Mailchimp says it has suffered a data breach that enabled malicious actors to gain access to internal customer support and account administration tool and view data of 133 customers. It is Mailchimp’s second hack in the last six months, appearing to be almost identical to a prior …
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Royal Mail’s cyber incident that has caused it to not accept international letters and parcels continues to affect small businesses. However, there is some early good news as the organization announced it is trialing an operational workaround that it hopes will enable it to clear its backlog. “Following the recent …
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The operators of one of York’s most famous hotels have unveiled fresh expansion plans. If the plans for The Principal York are approved, a new building will be built beside the garden wing, with 41 new bedrooms. The building would sit next to Leeman Road, opposite the Royal Mail sorting …
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