Ukraine’s central bank has said a cyberattack hit several lenders in the country, hindering operations and leading the regulator to warn other financial institutions to tighten security measures. “The National Bank of Ukraine has warned banks… about an external hacker attack on the websites of some Ukrainian banks… which was carried out today,” the bank said in a statement on Tuesday. Banks were experiencing “difficulty in servicing customers and performing banking operations” due to the attacks, it said. “The bank’s services together with the National Bank of Ukraine are putting in maximum effort to reinstate access to all bank services,” it said. “We were forced to turn off all of our computers,” a company representative told Interfax Ukraine agency.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 27, 2017 13:30 UTC