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Wells Fargo is seeing unusual volumes of traffic, but the "vast majority" of its customers are not affected, the bank says.
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Two targets of the al Qassam Cyber Fighters Group are seeing unusual traffic on their websites.
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Several banks that were victims of a fall round of distributed denial of service attacks, including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, are likely to be hit again.
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The regional bank is the ninth company to be hit with distributed denial of service attacks allegedly perpetrated by group affiliated with Iran.
October 18
The latest wave of cyberattacks on the nation's biggest banks continues.
BB&T (BBT), based in Winston-Salem, N.C., said Thursday that some customers who visited the bank's website were unable to log on or experienced waits.
The slowdown is at least the second this fall at BB&T, which
"We've seen some intermittent delays and denial of service," BB&T spokeswoman Maria Lachapelle told American Banker. "Our teams are working closely to address the situation and there's been minimal impact to clients."
BB&T is the latest in a series of banks that have seen their websites swamped. Wells Fargo
"Qassam Cyber Fighters Group today in its second attack has made BB&T Bank website out of reach and has disrupted this bank's customer service," read a
The group, which has claimed responsibility since September for cyberattacks on at least 10 banks worldwide,
Lachapelle said BB&T is encouraging customers who have difficulty banking online to call the company's customer service line or to visit one of BB&T's branches.
"We've got more than one way to take care of them," she added.
