Comment on this story Comment Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! We won’t be publishing Monday because of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, so we’ll next see you on Tuesday. Below: LockBit denies responsibility for Royal Mail cyberattack, and another Democratic governor bans TikTok on state devices. First: Re-upping a spy …
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‘More than 100 Royal Mail engineers are still trying to find a work around’ after cyber attack disabled software for outbound parcels wreaking havoc on post destined for overseas The cyber attack has caused havoc at the Worldwide Distribution Centre It is understood that the postal service is unable to …
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Severe disruption to the U.K’s overseas postal deliveries has been caused by ransomware linked to Russian criminals, the BBC has been told. The cyber attack has affected the computer systems Royal Mail uses to despatch deliveries abroad. Royal Mail’s latest advice is for people not to try to send international …
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The LockBit ransomware operation has again taken center stage in the ransomware news, as we learned yesterday they were behind the attack on Royal Mail. Royal Mail is the UK’s largest mail delivery service and is considered a critical infrastructure in the country, with the disruption of its services having …
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Cyber disruptions to the UK’s Royal Mail service, first reported on Wednesday as a “cyber incident,” has now been identified as a ransomware attack, linked to the Russian-affiliated LockBit gang, Computing wrote today. LockBit encryptor found in use. The Telegraph broke the news of the confirmed ransomware attack yesterday, with …
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Der Cyberangriff auf den britischen Postkonzern Royal Mail geht laut Medienberichten auf das Konto der aus Russland stammenden Hackergruppe Lockbit. Wie hoch das Lösegeld ist, das Lockbit fordert, ist noch nicht bekannt. Das Unternehmen sprach von einer „schwerwiegenden Störung“. Der Angriff hat Teile des IT-Systems der Royal Mail lahmgelegt. Sie …
Read More »LockBit has emerged as the most prolific name in ransomware attacks and has now been blamed for an incident that has hit Royal Mail’s international operations. Here is what we know about LockBit and how it operates. What is ransomware? Ransomware is a piece of malicious software, or malware, that …
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The LockBit ransomware group has been tied to another prolific cyberattack targeting the UK’s postal service. The attack occurred in January of this year and severely disrupted Royal Mail’s international deliveries. During the attack, printers located at a distribution site in Belfast begun to print ransom notes stating that the …
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Some letters received by Royal Mail in Northern Ireland are being sent to Scotland following a suspected cyber-attack, sources have said. he service is still dealing with the aftermath of an alleged Russian hack which has severely affected operations. Mail housed in the Mallusk depot, which was hit by a ransom …
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Ransomware gang LockBit 3.0 has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Royal Mail which disrupted services this week. The gang has threatened to publish the stolen data online. LockBit 3.0 claims Royal Mail cyberattack. (Photo by salarko/Shutterstock) The postal service announced that it had been the victim of a “cyber …
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