Cybersecurity
HSBC Says Cyber Attack Continues to Disrupt Online Banking
- Denial of service attack aimed to cripple U.K. website
- Bank suffers second British internet banking outage this month
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HSBC Holdings Plc said its U.K. online banking continues to be affected by a cyber attack that started earlier on Friday, the second time the bank’s online services have been disrupted in Britain this month.
“Internet and mobile services have partially recovered, and we continue to work to restore a full service,” U.K. Chief Operating Officer John Hackett said in an e-mail. “We are continuing to experience attempted denial of service attacks and we are closely monitoring the situation with the authorities.”