Royal Mail rejects $80m ransom demand from LockBit hackers
Royal Mail 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's operations. The hackers demanded $80m in exchange for decrypting the files, but Royal Mail rejected the demand. The LockBit group threatened to publish all available data if the ransom was not paid, but Royal Mail said that the data allegedly obtained from its network did not contain any financial information or other sensitive customer information.