28 Dec 2008, 0625 hrs IST, ET Bureau
MUMBAI: An attempted attack caused a shutdown of State Bank of India’s (SBI) website on Saturday. “There has been an attempt to disrupt the system,” a senior official confirmed. But he refused to divulge any further details. While the bank’s internet banking
site www.onlinesbi.com was operational, its sites www.statebankofindia.com and www.sbi.co.in were down on Saturday.
Late evening, officials said that the bank was targeting to get its website operational by 9.00pm. Later the bank put up a message stating that site was under maintenance and directed online applicants to clerical positions to the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection site.
SBI is the country’s largest bank with over three million online customers. The number of people with access to internet banking has increased dramatically after SBI installed its core banking solutions in over 11,100 branches across the country. In the past too, government website have been attacked by hackers who left behind anti-India slogans.
Last year Bank of India’s website had fallen victim to hackers who planted malaware on the site that installs itself on the users computer and transmits sensitive information to the hacker. Besides this there have been phishing attempts on customers of various banks where the hacker puts up a website identical to that of a bank to steal passwords.
On Saturday, the bank launched a railway ticket booking facility at internet kiosks at ATM centres located in railway stations. All online banking customers can get printed electronic reservation slips instantly through the kiosks. The kiosk can be used for other internet banking transactions as well.
via:E.T
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