Hacker News with Generative AI: Postal Service

Wells Fargo Is Plotting to Privatize the Post Office (jacobin.com)
A newly released memo from the banking giant Wells Fargo outlines a predatory scheme to dismantle the USPS: sell off profitable parts, slash union jobs, and raise prices by up to 140 percent.
Politics, Business, Labor Unions, Postal Service
15 points by moneycantbuy 10 days ago | 6 comments
Ex-PO operator is first Horizon IT victim to launch legal action against (theguardian.com)
The former post office operator Lee Castleton, one of the highest-profile victims of the Horizon IT scandal, has become the first individual to launch legal action against the Post Office and Fujitsu.
Legal Action, Technology, Postal Service, Business
11 points by chrisjj 15 days ago | 3 comments
Elon Musk Wants to Privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak (cnn.com)
Elon Musk, Postal Service, Amtrak, Privatization, Transportation
33 points by teleforce 25 days ago | 5 comments
Denmark postal service to stop delivering letters (bbc.com)
Denmark's state-run postal service, PostNord, is to end all letter deliveries at the end of 2025, citing a 90% decline in letter volumes since the start of the century.
Denmark, Postal Service
74 points by sixhobbits 28 days ago | 69 comments
Post Office senior executive suspended over allegations of destroying evidence (computerweekly.com)
The Post Office is investigating allegations that a senior executive instructed staff to destroy or conceal documents that could be of interest to the Post Office scandal public inquiry.
Government, Investigations, Corruption, Evidence Tampering, Postal Service
5 points by chrisjj 175 days ago | 1 comments
USPS plans rural slowdown after election to cut costs (washingtonpost.com)
Politics, Postal Service, Economics
24 points by howard941 223 days ago | 19 comments
USPS text scammers duped his wife, so he hacked their operation (smithsecurity.biz)
Cybersecurity, Scams, Hacking, Postal Service
460 points by wglb 237 days ago | 301 comments
Engineer insists Post Office software did a 'good job' (thetimes.com)
Software, Engineering, Postal Service
46 points by pelagicAustral 281 days ago | 50 comments
Post Office betrays postmasters yet again: 'horrific' potential data breach (dailymail.co.uk)
Data Breaches, Security, Government, Postal Service
36 points by chrisjj 287 days ago | 10 comments
Ex-Post Office chair says senior executives misled board over Horizon issues (theguardian.com)
Misconduct, Business, Postal Service, Government
10 points by chrisjj 301 days ago | 0 comments
Post Office Horizon IT Scandal: Alan Bates threatens legal action against govt (postofficescandal.uk)
Government, Lawsuits, Technology, Postal Service
23 points by chrisjj 303 days ago | 0 comments
French post office releases scratch-and-sniff baguette stamp (theguardian.com)
France, Postal Service, Novelty, Technology, Food
100 points by bookofjoe 319 days ago | 23 comments