Capital One Financial Corp., BB&T Corp. and HSBC Bank USAsaid they were hit by a new round of cyber attacks, marking thefifth week of sustained assault on some of the largest U.S.financial institutions.
The banks' websites have been disrupted with so-called denial ofservice attacks, some of which originated in Iran and Russia, CarlHerberger, a vice president for the network security firm RadwareInc., said in a phone interview yesterday.
“There is a target list that is essentially being worked,” saidHerberger, whose New Jersey firm is working with banks toinvestigate the attacks. “They appear to have been near-100 percenteffective, at least in bringing these financial institutions somelevel of duress.”
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