Russia-linked hackers behind Royal Mail cyber attack
Lockbit’s ransomware scrambled software on machines used to send international post
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Lockbit’s ransomware scrambled software on machines used to send international post
The incident, which has effectively paralysed Royal Mail's huge Worldwide Distribution Centre near Heathrow airport, was orchestrated by a hacker gang called Lockbit, it has been claimed.
A new analysis shows that the Amadey malware is being used to install the LockBit 3.0 ransomware on compromised systems.
Sources expressed confidence that military and security projects were not affected by the breach, but admitted that it’s possible information was stolen that has yet to be discovered or made public.
The LockBit ransomware operation has suffered a breach, with an allegedly disgruntled developer leaking the builder for the gang's newest encryptor.