Friday, October 20, 2006

Hackers Hit National Austrlian Bank Website

Via The Australian.

Problems with the National Australia Bank's online banking services stem from an attack by unknown parties to deliberately slow or shut down its website, a spokeswoman says.

Complaints of slow or intermittent access to the NAB's online banking services resulted from a "deliberate attempt" by people outside the bank to interfere with its website, NAB chief information officer Michelle Tredenick said.

"They did this by jamming NAB's connection to the internet with hits making it more difficult for legitimate users to gain access," she said.

More here.

(Props, Flying Hamster.)

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