Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), a new generation bank in Nigeria, has acknowledged that there was an effort to breach the domain of its website.
According to recent media reports, the bank’s website was taken over and replicated by hackers in order 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.”
