A leading Nigerian financial institution, GTBank has confirmed that an attempt to compromise its website was unsuccessful.
The bank made this statement following an incident on Wednesday night that rendered its website temporarily inaccessible. Some customers expressed their frustration on social media about being unable to access the site.
Error messages popped while trying to log into www.gtbank.com, with error messages appearing as of 10:30 pm on Wednesday.
In a statement titled “Clarification on News Reports Regarding The Bank’s Web Domain and Customer Data,” GTBank addressed the situation:
“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.
Our dedicated team of Information Security Experts are currently working round the clock to restore domain settings, and we can assure our customers that our website will be up shortly. 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.”