https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/17/royal-mail-cyberattack-disruption-lawmakers/
reckons it was ransomware a la LockBit.

The sheer _number_ of ways a motivated attacker can get malware onto a
contemporary network is... non-trivial (as I'm sure FreeTrav can attest).

A senior executive who feels IT/infosec's rules don't apply to _them_ is
a golden chance for social engineering (ie, conning them), then running
with the opportunity from there.

A similar attack against, say, an X-Boat node or three?

Questions, as always (especially for the GM):

Cockup before conspiracy?  (does give more of a Yes Minister feel if
true - cockup leading to conspiracy)

Whodunwhat?

Cui bono?  (ie, who benefits?)

Alex

On 18/1/23 04:46, Phil Pugliese - philpugliese at yahoo.com (via tml
list) wrote:
> Just received this from a bookseller I patronize in the UK;
>
>
>     More Post Office delays!
>
> This is just a quick and urgent message to all non-UK customers to
> notify you that, for the last six days, the Royal Mail has been unable
> to send any post overseas due to what appears to have been a Cyber
> Attack on its infrastructure. The cynical amongst us may be surprised
> to learn that the Royal Mail had any form of functioning
> infrastructure in the first place... but the latest word is that they
> still haven't fixed the issue, so all overseas orders from the past
> week will probably be delayed significantly.
>
> This of course comes on top of the delays caused by strike action in
> December, so please be patient and wait a little longer before
> contacting us to chase your orders.
>
> International Courier and all UK deliveries are unaffected.
>
> We will update you all when we hear things are back to normal.
>
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