Microsoft announces discovery of Chinese state sponsored hack

Volt Typhoon focuses on espionage and information gathering. Credit: shutterstock / The Art of Pics / Contributor. The China-based hacking group, known as Volt Typhoon, has spied on US critical infrastructure, Microsoft announced. Volt Typhoon has been operative since 2021, when it targeted a US air base in Guam, raising …

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Unions call off vote on Royal Mail pay deal

A union vote on a pay deal that could have ended the bitter dispute at the Royal Mail has been called off. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) bosses suspended the vote amid allegations of a ‘toxic’ work environment. The CWU, which represents about 115,000 posties, was due to send ballots …

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Police open dodgy Royal Mail package

POLICE were summoned by suspicious Royal Mail workers to a package – which they were stunned to find full of cannabis. The officers from Gwent Police in Gwent, Wales couldn’t believe what they had uncovered as someone had opted for a rather unique way of delivering a package of the …

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CWU suspends Royal Mail ballot

The future stability of Royal Mail has been thrown into question again, after the CWU suspended the ballot over its proposed pay and conditions agreement due to the “command and control” workplace environment it described as “toxic”. Yesterday afternoon (24 May) the CWU issued a statement explaining the latest …

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