"LockBit Ransomware Gang Claims Royal Mail Cyberattack"

The LockBit ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Royal Mail, the leading mail delivery service in the UK, which halted the company's international shipping operations due to severe service disruption. This comes after LockBitSupport, the ransomware group's public-facing spokesperson, told Bleeping Computer that LockBit did not attack Royal Mail. Instead, they blamed the attack on other threat actors who used the LockBit 3.0 ransomware builder released in September 2022. LockBitSupport did not explain why printed Royal Mail ransom notes had links to LockBit's Tor negotiation and data leak sites as opposed to those operated by another threat actor. LockBitSupport stated in a post on a Russian-language hacking forum that LockBit was actually behind the attack after determining that one of their affiliates dropped ransomware payloads on Royal Mail's systems. The spokesperson of the ransomware group further stated that they would only release a decryptor and erase the stolen data from Royal Mail's network after receiving a payment. This article continues to discuss the LockBit ransomware gang now claiming responsibility for the cyberattack on the mail delivery service Royal Mail. 

Bleeping Computer reports "LockBit Ransomware Gang Claims Royal Mail Cyberattack"