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In ten days’ time, Royal Mail customers could be hit with extra postage fees, as thousands of stamps will soon be unusable. The postal company is about to add barcoded stamps to replace the traditional ones. Once this happens, existing stamps will no longer be valid. As previously reported, customers …

‘Mr Loophole’ lawyer to the stars reveals how December’s postal strikes could help drivers evade fines and points on their licence if their speeding tickets arrive late If they successfully argue their case it is likely to be thrown out by magistrates He said to stop the loophole begin notifying …

The DWP-funded state pension is set to increase in April along with other pensioner benefits. As the cost of living crisis continues to take its toll in households across the UK, many low income households could be struggling to make ends meet. One of the most vulnerable group said to …

A Royal Mail whistle-blower in Northern Ireland is claiming £600 energy payment vouchers are being delayed by a ban on overtime work. The postal worker, based in Newry, Co Down, raised their concerns this week, saying the UK government payouts to some of the most vulnerable people on pay as …

Royal Mail has been able to resume exporting ‘limited volumes’ of international parcels following a recent cyber incident. The attack, which occurred last week, left international services unable to operate and dispatch items abroad. As a result, Royal Mail asked customers to ‘temporarily’ stop sending international packages to avoid a …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

Geo Focus: The United Kingdom , Geo-Specific UK Postal Service Testing Workarounds to Tackle Ransomware-Induced Package Backlog Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • January 19, 2023     A Royal Mail van in Scotland (Image: Mathew Schwartz for Information Security Media Group) The British postal service says it is resorting to workarounds …

Royal Mail has announced it will begin to move “limited volumes” of export parcels following a cyber incident. The company said it was trialling an “operational workaround” for delivering parcels. However, it continues to urge customers not to submit any new export parcels into the network. Last Wednesday, Royal Mail …