Wells Fargo hit by cyber attack
Wells Fargo was the victim of a cyber attack on Tuesday, the company says.
Wells Fargo & Co.[5] said Tuesday that a denial-of-service cyber attack was affecting access to its online banking as the bank was experiencing heavy usage, the San Francisco Business Times reported[6].
The nation’s fourth-largest bank was quick to say that customer account balances and other information are not affected.
“We’ve seen an unusually high volume of website traffic, which we believe is a denial of service attack,” said Ruben Pulido[7], a Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) spokeman in San Francisco. “The vast majority of customers are not impacted and customer information remains safe.”
Wells Fargo is the third largest bank in the Birmingham-Hoover metro area, holding 11.8 percent of the deposit market share and $3.5 billion in deposits.
Antrenise Cole covers banking, finance, small business lending, venture capital, accounting and law for the Birmingham Business Journal. Click here to follow her on Twitter.[8]
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