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 …
Read More »Royal Mail Still Not Accepting Parcels for Export
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 …
Read More »Revealed: Historic York hotel’s major expansion plans
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 …
Read More »No one was Spared! William and Kate see popularity plunge – with Harry and Meghan also down
There were no winners in the devastating fallout from Prince Harry’s memoir Spare, polling has revealed. The public approval ratings of all royals has slipped since last December – with the Prince and Princess of Wales suffering the biggest loss. Figures released by Ipsos Mori suggest less than a quarter …
Read More »Are Strikes Bad for the UK Economy? Go Figure
Comment on this story Comment Feb. 1 is shaping up to be the worst single day for the rolling strikes that began in June and have become a regular feature of this British winter. With teachers, civil servants and train staff set to protest at the same time, the action ought to …
Read More »Retailers blame Royal Mail strikes for Brits abandoning online shopping in the run up to Christmas
© Provided by City AM The Royal Mail strikes that have plagued Britain over the past few months have led to a decrease in online shopping, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Thousands of Brits appear to have abandoned online purchases following …
Read More »Royal Mail trials ‘operational workarounds’ following suspected ransomware attack
Royal Mail, the British postage and courier company, said on Wednesday evening it was “trialing operational workarounds” to get services moving again following a suspected ransomware attack. The company announced it had been impacted by a “cyber incident” last week, although it has not confirmed that the incident was a …
Read More »Royal Mail restarts some overseas parcel exports but grip of ransomware attack remains By Proactive Investors
© Reuters. Royal Mail restarts some overseas parcel exports but grip of ransomware attack remains Proactive Investors – , part of International Distributions Services PLC, has restarted overseas parcel exports from the UK as it continues to wrestle with what it calls a “cyber incident”. After it experimented with some …
Read More »Royal Mail issues six-month warning to anybody who uses stamps
The Royal Mail is urging people to swap their stamps ahead of an impending deadline. The firm has confirmed old stamps that feature the profile of Her Late Majesty The Queen on a plain coloured background without a barcode will no longer be valid. The stamps with the Queen on …
Read More »Royal Mail outage: CEO confirms cyberattack
“We’ve confirmed that we’ve had a cyberattack,” Thompson told lawmakers in a hearing with the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee on Tuesday. Royal Mail has seen no evidence of a data breach so far, but has notified the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which oversees data privacy. The …
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