Ouch! Some US Bancorp and PNC Financial Services customers were
having trouble accessing the banks' Web sites on Wednesday, as US financial
institutions appear to be threatened by another round of cyber attacks, Reuters
reports.
Wells Fargo & Co also faced lingering problems with its
Web site after customers had intermittent access issues on Tuesday, a
spokeswoman for the bank said.
US Bancorp is experiencing "unusual and high-traffic
volume" on its site that is designed to slow down the system, bank
spokesman Tom Joyce said. The problem is similar to what other banks have faced
in the past week, he said. "We are working closely with federal law
enforcement officials to address this issue," he said. Customers data and
funds are not at risk, he added.
The attacks came after a posting on the Internet on Tuesday
by an unknown person, calling for cyber attacks this week against Wells Fargo,
US Bancorp and PNC. A similar posting last week warned of attacks against Bank
of America Corp and the New York Stock Exchange...
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