The Royal Mail says it’s suffered from a disruption to its capability to ship packages or letters internationally, which the BBC says is due to a “cyber incident.” The courier is advising clients to “maintain any export objects” till it solves the problem.
In the meanwhile, it’s unclear whether or not the incident is an precise assault from hackers or another technical error, although the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre says it’s working with the Royal Mail “alongside the Nationwide Crime Company, to completely perceive the influence.” The BBC additionally says that regulators have been instructed in regards to the subject.
The downtime may very well be a reasonably large disruption — in response to the BBC, the courier sends round 200,000 worldwide parcels a day. Relying on how lengthy it takes for the Royal Mail to revive its worldwide export companies, that may very well be plenty of packages and letters piling up within the backlog. Additionally, anytime a serious piece of infrastructure goes down, there could be widespread ramifications, as we’ve only recently seen within the US with an FAA software issue affecting hundreds of flights.