Security News > 2010 > November > Institutions Reject Claims that Malware Shut Down ATMs, Sites
http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3096 By Tracy Kitten Managing Editor Bank Info Security November 15, 2010 The ATM and online banking outage that allegedly struck several of the nation's top financial institutions, including Bank of America, Chase, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, Compass, USAA, SunTrust, Chase, Fairwinds Credit Union, American Express, BB&T on the East Coast and PNC, over the weekend of Nov. 6, may have been more hype than reality. Tara Burke, a spokeswoman for BofA, the country's largest bank, with $2.36 trillion in assets, says none of the bank's systems were affected by malware, as was suggested as a possible reason for the outage, and that only "very minor systems issues" adversely affected deposits and withdrawals for a few customers. Charlie Lai, chief information officer of Fairwinds Credit Union, a $1.5 billion institution serving central Florida, calls reports of the massive ATM and online outage "ridiculous." "Nothing happened here," he says. "This is complete fiction, and I'm trying to figure out where it started." [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/