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Commercial Bank of Ceylon website hit by hack attack

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Dissent

Jason Murdock reports:

The Sri Lanka-based Commercial Bank of Ceylon has released a statement admitting that a “hacking attack” on its website resulted in a successful intrusion – however, it maintained that no customer data has been compromised.

The bank, which released a statement in the wake of major cyberattacks targeting the Bangladesh central bank and an unnamed firm in Vietnam, claimed to have successfully defended itself and said its systems have now been fully restored.

Read more on IBT.

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