{"id":8971,"date":"2023-02-15T17:39:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/15\/all-we-have-had-is-losses-royal-mail-dismisses-absurd-80m-ransom-demand\/"},"modified":"2023-02-15T17:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:39:03","slug":"all-we-have-had-is-losses-royal-mail-dismisses-absurd-80m-ransom-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/15\/all-we-have-had-is-losses-royal-mail-dismisses-absurd-80m-ransom-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018All we have had is losses\u2019: Royal Mail dismisses \u2018absurd\u2019 $80m ransom demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Under no circumstances will we pay that absurd amount,\u2019 delivery firm says, telling hackers it is not the booming company they think<\/p>\n

Royal Mail rejected an \u201cabsurd\u201d ransom demand<\/a> for $80m (\u00a367m) from hackers linked to Russia, according to transcripts that offer a rare glimpse into negotiations when companies are hit by a ransomware cyberattack.<\/p>\n

The delivery company has been battling a ransomware attack<\/a> since January, when the LockBit group hacked into its software and blocked international shipments by encrypting files crucial to the company\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n

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\n\u2018Under no circumstances will we pay that absurd amount,\u2019 delivery firm says, telling hackers it is not the booming company they think
\nRoyal Mail rejected an \u201cabsurd\u201d ransom demand for $80m (\u00a367m) from hackers linked to Russia, according to transcripts that offer a rare glimpse into negotiations when companies are hit by a ransomware cyberattack.
\nThe delivery company has been battling a ransomware attack since January, when the LockBit group hacked into its software and blocked international shipments by encrypting files crucial to the company\u2019s operations. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Under no circumstances will we pay that absurd amount,\u2019 delivery firm says, telling hackers it is not the booming company they think Royal Mail rejected an \u201cabsurd\u201d ransom demand for $80m (\u00a367m) from hackers linked to Russia, according to transcripts that offer a rare glimpse into negotiations when companies are hit by a ransomware cyberattack. …<\/p>\n

\u2018All we have had is losses\u2019: Royal Mail dismisses \u2018absurd\u2019 $80m ransom demand<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8971"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}