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Royal Mail has issued a warning as it investigated a cyber attack. The postal service has warned customers not to post items overseas after it said it was experiencing “severe disruption” to its international export services and is temporarily unable to dispatch items overseas. However, Royal Mail did not provide …

Royal Mail has issued an apology to customers in Northern Ireland who have still not received Christmas cards and gifts due to the backlog. Some customers have reported that they are still receiving Christmas cards and presents that were posted over a month ago while others waiting for orders say …

R oyal Mail is continuing to ask customers to refrain from posting items to overseas destinations while it investigates a cyber attack. The company said it was experiencing “severe disruption” to its international export services and is temporarily unable to dispatch items overseas. But it did not provide any updates …

Royal Mail customers are being warned not to send items abroad “until further notice” after a cyber attack. The postal giant said it continues to experience “severe service disruption” following the incident, but has not provided any further details on the issue. A Royal Mail statement said: “To support faster …

If you thought the strike actions by nurses, ambulance staff, rail and bus workers were behind us, then think again. After a month of December which saw an unprecedented number of industrial actions many public sector workers from paramedics to nurses – the first such industrial action in decades – …

‘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 …

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 …

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 …

Royal Mail’s chief executive is to face questions from MPs over the Russia-linked ransomware attack that caused international deliveries to grind to a halt this week. Simon Thompson, chief executive of Royal Mail, will be asked about Tuesday’s cyber attack when he appears before the Commons business select committee. It …

As Ransomware Group Blames Somebody – Anybody – Else, Could Its Days Be Numbered? Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • January 13, 2023     Royal Mail postbox in Scotland (Image: Mathew Schwartz) What’s the term for when a ransomware group blames a geopolitically awkward attack it appears to have carried …