Royal Mail cyber attackers threaten to publish stolen data

The postal service is asking customers to avoid sending items abroad

‘We would like to sincerely apologise to impacted customers for any disruption this incident may be causing,’ said the Royal Mail (Rui Vieira/PA) (PA Archive)

Cyber attackers who have targeted Royal Mail are threatening to publish stolen information online.

On Wednesday, the postal service warned customers of disruption due to a “cyber incident” affecting computer systems used to send items abroad.

The company reportedly received a ransom note appearing to be from LockBit, a hacker group thought to have close links to Russia.