A group of hackers connected to Russia is behind the cyber attack that has paralyzed the international delivery of Britain’s postal service Royal Mail since yesterday, the newspaper revealed on Thursday Telegraph.
A spokesperson for National Crime Agency (NCA, in English) indicated that British intelligence services were working together to investigate the origins and try to solve the “incident”, which had affected the computer systems previously used by publicly traded companies to manage international shipments.
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Royal Letter He assures that he is “working hard” to try to solve the problem crippling letters and packages departing from great Britain abroad through the company, although for now it has not specified when it will restart the service.
Based on TelegraphThe incident was due to an attack by a group named key bits with malicious programs that encrypt data on computers and demand a ransom to reverse the damage.
The newspaper cited messages Lockbit members wrote in chats in which he confirmed that the group “benefited from hostile attitude from the West (to Russia)”, because it “enabled them to carry on this aggressive business and operate freely within the borders of the former Soviet states”.
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