GTBank Confirms Attempt To Compromise Website, Says Customers’ Deposit Safe

Nigeria’s new generation bank, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has confirmed that there was an attempt to compromise its website domain.

Recent media reports alleged that hackers had seized and cloned the bank’s website to intercept customer data.

The bank in a statement on Thursday denied the reports, describing it as an ‘isolated incident.’

The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to reports in the media alleging that hackers have seized the Bank’s website, cloned it, and intercepted customer data.

“While there was an isolated incident of an attempt to compromise our website domain, we would like to assure all our customers and Stakeholders that the Bank’s website has not been cloned and that we do not store customer information on our website, and as such, there has been no instance of compromise of customer data.

“We would like to assure all our Customers and Stakeholders that the Bank’s website has not been cloned.

“Our dedicated team of Information Security Experts are currently working round the clock to restore domain settings,” the statement added.

“We urge all our Customers to please disregard the claims in these media reports and assure you of our unwavering commitment to safeguarding customer data.”

Source:- Politicsnigeria