Royal Mail’s recovery from ransomware attack will cost business at least $12M

Royal Mail’s parent International Distributions Services has revealed for the first time the infrastructure costs associated with its January ransomware attack.… LockBit’s attack has driven costs up across various areas of the Brit business, but improvements to the corporation’s Heathrow Read More …

Royal Mail cyber attack carried out by Russian-linked ransomware gang

A ransomware gang linked to Russia carried out the Royal Mail cyber attack that suspended international postal deliveries. It is understood that Royal Mail’s investigation found the gang, named Lockbit, infected machines that print customs labels for parcels being sent Read More …

Royal Mail export services severely disrupted after ‘cyber incident’

Britain’s Royal Mail said on Wednesday it was facing severe disruption to its international export services following what it described as “a cyber incident”. “We are temporarily unable to despatch items to overseas destinations,” Royal Mail, one of the world’s Read More …

Inspector general says the U.S. post office surveillance program exceeded legal authority

An inspector general probe into the U.S. Postal Service surveillance program, known as iCOP, concluded that the agency did not have the legal authority to conduct the sweeping intelligence collection and surveillance of American protesters and others between 2018 and Read More …

Post Office Phishing Hits Credit Card Users in 26 Countries

Phishing remains a popular and effective tactic that malicious actors continue to deploy against internet users. The current retail climate brought about by the global health crisis has only worsened the problem. Many countries across the globe have seen a Read More …