Denial of Service Attacks Force Estonian Bank to Close Website

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Yahoo! News (AFP).

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Estonia's second-biggest bank, Swedish-owned SEB Eesti Uhispank, was forced
Tuesday to block access from abroad to its online banking service after it
came under "massive cyber-attack", an official said.

"Massive attacks were launched at noon against our Internet bank, blocking
access to our website," Silver Vohu, head of communications at the bank,
told AFP.

"Access was restored at 2:00 pm (1100 GMT), but only for users in Estonia.
Access from computers located outside Estonia will continue to be
restricted for security reasons," he said.

The cyber attacks were the first to target the bank group since a series of
similar assaults were launched at the end of last month against the
websites of Estonian state institutions, said Vohu.

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More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070515/tc_afp/estoniainternet

- - ferg

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