Royal Mail resumes overseas deliveries via post offices after cyber-attack

Branches to get payments to cover lost international income, as postal workers threaten further strikes

Royal Mail has restarted international parcel and letter deliveries through Post Office branches almost six weeks after it revealed it had been affected by a ransomware cyber-attack that left it battling to get its international services back up and running.

It refused to pay an $80m (67m) ransom sought by hackers linked to Russia after the cyber incident", which resulted in 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK being unable to handle international mail or parcels.