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 …
Read More »Royal Mail warning as customers urged not to send parcels
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 …
Read More »Are you in favour of the ongoing strike actions? Have your say
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 – …
Read More »‘More than 100 Royal Mail engineers are still trying to find a work around’ after cyber attack
‘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 …
Read More »Royal Mail cyber incident now identified as ransomware attack.
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 …
Read More »Russische Hacker erpressen Royal Mail
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 »Royal Mail boss to face MPs’ questions over Russian ransomware attack
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 …
Read More »LockBit Tries to Distance Itself From Royal Mail Attack
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 …
Read More »Cyber attack against Royal Mail linked to Russia
A cyber attack against the UK postal service Royal Mail which saw the company request that customers stop sending mail abroad via its services has been linked to Russian hackers. Royal Mail informed the public of the cyber attack on January 11, saying it had caused “severe disruption” to the …
Read More »Royal Mail cyberattack linked to Lockbit gang
Royal Mail, one of the biggest post and parcel companies in the world, said on Wednesday it was hit with a cyber incident that forced it to suspend international shipping operations. An update on the company’s website on Thursday showed it was still unable to ship items to other countries. …
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