Just got email from my bank (PNC) warning of a "volume of traffic consistent with threatened cyber attacks on the U.S. banking system"
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Chris Ayres (@ayreslive) January 04, 2013PNC Bank has been emailing customers today warning them of what appears to be a cyber attack on its online banking system.
Interesting: just received an email from PNC Bank (my bank) stating "A number of banks in the U.S. are under a cyber attack" #FiscalCliff—
Shutterbug Seshat (@_Seshat_) January 04, 2013
Just got email from bank (PNC) saying it's experiencing problems consistent w "cyber attacks on the US banking system"—
Brian J. Phillips (@brian_jphillips) January 04, 2013
According to PNC Bank a large number of financial institutions seeing attacks, resulting in DOS. Keep an eye on your statements.—
Matt Frew (@FrewBrew) January 04, 2013
PNC Bank sent me an email about being under a cyber attack. Glenn Beck said this would happen. Guess he was right.—
(@scottinnj) January 04, 2013
For better or worse, I only have one bank so I can't tell if #PNC is being proactive or overreacting re: cyberattacks? http://t.co/VvCNMk6z—
Tim Gyves (@PGHomes) January 04, 2013
Wow, @PNCBank_Help issued email about DDoS-type "cyber attack" affecting them & other US banks. Sucks, been there! Hang in there!—
Michael Sheehan (@HighTechDad) January 04, 2013
PNC bank shuts down online banking citing weeks of high online traffic that looks like a cyber attack—
Daniel Newhauser (@dnewhauser) January 04, 2013
PNC Bank is under a cyber attack. Making me not want to pay bills even more. yfrog.com/oc61vpkp—
Brock Thompson (@Brockthomp) January 03, 2013
@PNCBank_Help – Why so many issues with online & mobile banking lately? Making a lot of customers quite nervous. Very frustrating!—
Ashley Boynes-Shuck (@BuellaMarie) January 03, 2013
SWEET..I cant log into my PNC online banking bc of foreign cyber attacks..why r there so many foreign nerds pissed at us right now #getalife—
JR Reynolds (@JReeef) January 04, 2013
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that PNC and other banks were threatened in December with a denial of service attack in retaliation for — wait for it — an anti-Muslim YouTube video.
This week marked the fourth in a row that customers of Pittsburgh’s biggest bank reported intermittent problems accessing their accounts.
Problems began Dec. 11 after a group called the al-Qassam Cyber Fighters threatened a round of denial-of-service attacks against PNC and a handful of other big banks by flooding their websites with communications requests. The group has said it is seeking the removal of an anti-Islamic YouTube video from the Internet.
"Qassam Cyber Fighters": Bank officials "must expect our massive attacks! From now on, none of the US banks will be safe from our attacks."—
Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet) January 01, 2013
Supporters of the Qassam Cyber Fighters are claiming that the group has disabled public access to the websites of PNC Bank and Wells Fargo.—
Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet) January 01, 2013
Just got an email from PNC telling my my online banking may be interrupted due to potential cyber attacks on the US banking system. Yikes.—
Chris P. (@chrispcream) January 04, 2013
Is anyone else getting a little nervous?
Cyber attacks on PNC now… I'm putting my money back under my mattress.—
Luke Bertolet (@TheIslandRunner) January 04, 2013
