Jan 30, 2023
Man takes parcel to US to beat Royal Mail ban
In a bid to beat the Royal Mail's ban on sending parcels abroad following a cyber-attack, Vern took it with him on a holiday to New York. Royal Mail said it was "Working around the clock" to resolve the issues. Royal Mail was the victim of a ransomware attack, which affected the computer systems it uses to send deliveries abroad. Vern, who wished to withhold his surname, said Royal Mail's pause on international orders was affecting "Thousands of small businesses across the UK", leaving overseas customers "Waiting patiently for their goods". "We messaged the customer to notify them they wouldn't be getting the parcel anytime soon via mail, but told them we were going to NYC and happy to ship." In a statement, Royal Mail said: "Following the recent cyber incident, we have been temporarily unable to despatch export mail parcels to overseas destinations and we have temporarily asked customers not to submit any new export parcels into the Royal Mail network until further notice."We have been working on new despatch processes and we have started moving export parcels that are already in the Royal Mail network, our initial focus is on clearing export parcels that have already been processed and are waiting to be despatched.
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