{"id":596717,"date":"2023-01-12T05:49:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/royal-mail-services-hit-by-major-cyber-attack\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T05:49:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:49:24","slug":"royal-mail-services-hit-by-major-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/royal-mail-services-hit-by-major-cyber-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Mail services hit by major cyber attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/visuals\/ComputerWeekly\/Hero Images\/parcels-delivery-online-shopping-adobe_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg\" data-credit=\"Maksym Yemelyanov - stock.adobe.\"  width=\"520\" height=\"173\" alt><\/p>\n<p>Maksym Yemelyanov &#8211; stock.adobe.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content-header\">\n<h2>UK postal service Royal Mail is asking customers not to send any overseas letters or parcels while it deals with the impact of an ongoing cyber attack<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-center\">\n<ul>\n<li><i data-icon=\"1\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i data-icon=\"2\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"contributors-block\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/computerweekly\/Alex-Scroxton-CW-Contributor-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Scroxton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Alex-Scroxton\">Alex Scroxton,<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Security Editor<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tPublished: <span>11 Jan 2023 16:46<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"content-body\">\n<p>The UK\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalmail.com\/\">Royal Mail<\/a> has been forced to suspend overseas services amid serious disruption caused by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/resources\/Hackers-and-cybercrime-prevention\">cyber attack<\/a> of an as-yet unspecified nature.<\/p>\n<p>The attack has hit its international export services and means it is currently unable to dispatch letters or parcels outside the UK. Computer Weekly understands that domestic services are unaffected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoyal Mail is experiencing severe service disruption to our international export services following a cyber incident,\u201d said a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are temporarily unable to despatch export items including letters and parcels to overseas destinations. We have asked customers temporarily to stop submitting any export items into the network while we work hard to resolve the issue. Some customers may experience delay or disruption to items already shipped for export. Our import operations continue to perform a full service with some minor delays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur teams are working around the clock to resolve this disruption and we will update customers as soon as we have more information. We immediately launched an investigation into the incident and we are working with external experts. We have reported the incident to our regulators and the relevant security authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to sincerely apologise to impacted customers for any disruption this incident may be causing,\u201d the Royal Mail spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCSC\/status\/1613208834004189186\">confirmed via Twitter<\/a> that it is providing assistance. \u201cWe are aware of an incident affecting Royal Mail Group Ltd and are working with the company, alongside the National Crime Agency, to fully understand the impact,\u201d said an NCSC spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>The cyber attack comes in the middle of a difficult period for Royal Mail as it struggles with the impact of a series of strikes by members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU), which caused significant disruption <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-63420410\">in the run-up to Christmas 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is engaged in talks with the 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