Hackers targeting major Czech commercial banksMarch 6, 2013 - 16:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hackers are targeting major commercial banks in the Czech Republic, bringing down their website and affecting their online banking, AP reports. The websites of the country’s central bank and the Prague’s Stock Exchange were also not accessible Wednesday, March 6 morning. Pavla Havova, spokeswoman for the CSOB bank, which belongs to Belgium’s KBC, says the bank’s website and its Internet banking are affected by Wednesday’s attack. The other major banks, including the Czech branches of Austria’s Erste Group and France’s Societe Generale say they have also been affected by the denial of service attacks, a technique that works by overloading a website with online traffic. The banks say their clients’ data and deposits are safe. The attacks came two days after leading media websites in the Czech Republic also faced cyberattacks. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |