Posted by A confirmed attempt to breach the domain of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc’s website has been made.
The bank’s management reportedly revealed this in a statement to reporters on Thursday in Lagos, according to NAN.
The bank reported that the hacking attempt happened on Wednesday, one day after it had renewed its domain name. As a result, there was a brief outage on the website, preventing users from accessing online services.
By pointing out that the bank did not keep client information on its website, it allayed worries about customer data being compromised.
The bank released a statement saying, “We are aware of media allegations that claim hackers have taken control of the bank’s website, duplicated it, and stolen customer information.
This raised a lot of people’s concerns, and media sources claimed that the bank’s website had been copied, perhaps endangering the privacy of its customers. Its website was not replicated, and the incident was a failure.
“We would want to reassure all of our clients and stakeholders that the bank’s website has not been copied and that we do not save customer information on our website, notwithstanding the unique incidence of an attempt to compromise our website domain. Therefore, there has never been a case of consumer data being compromised.
The bank claims that its information security specialists are currently working nonstop to restore the domain settings in the near future.
Customers were encouraged to be calm and trust in the bank’s strong security safeguards as the bank informed them of its unshakable commitment to protecting their data.
It went on, “We assure you of our unwavering commitment to safeguarding customer data and urge all of our customers to please disregard the claims in these media reports.”