DoS Attack on HSBC UK Bank!

HSBC UK have faced a DoS attack on Friday morning. But it was not possible for hackers to gain the access of online accounts. In a tweet HSBC UK said,” Our bank was under attack today morning but our security team successfully defend our all systems”

Soon HSBC UK will resume all the services. Security experts said that this attack was a DoS (Denial of Service) attack. The server got crashed due to traffic flooding. Users were getting an error message on the website. This message was “Sorry, there appears to be a system problem. Please try again later.”

In the starting of this month, HSBC Europe have faced many cyber attacks but at that time they were saying that it is a technical difficulty. After that they disclose that they have faced cyber attacks.

Source: securityweek