‘British Royal Mail has been hit by Lockbit ransomware’

The Lockbit ransomware gang is behind the ‘cyber incident’ of the British postal service Royal Mail. Several media reported this. Due to the problems, the company can no longer send mail outside the United Kingdom.

A source involved in the investigation says to BBC that it is the Lockbit ransomware. The hackers are expected to want millions from the postal service. The company would not confirm that it was ransomware and warned that there is no end in sight when it comes to the mail problems.

Bleeping Computer says to have seen the ransom note and that postal company printers print it automatically. This medium also contacted LockbitSupport, a representative of Lockbit. He denies attacking the Royal Mail. Instead, another party would use a leaked ransomware builder from Lockbit. The ransom note allegedly links to Lockbit’s Tor site.

The postal service announced on Wednesday that it had been hit by a ‘cyber incident’ as a result of which mail can no longer be sent outside the United Kingdom. Mail within the country still works, mail to the country is delayed. The problems lie with the system used to prepare mail for shipment abroad, and to track that foreign mail. Royal Mail is working with the British government, among others, to resolve the problems.