[Banking_and_finance] Daily News 08.26.03 (fwd)

[lyons at digitalvoodoo.org (Timothy M. Lyons)]

Thought I'd pass this along as it's a local bank.

--Tim

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From: InfraGard <infragard at infragard.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:06:17 -0500
Subject: [Banking_and_finance] Daily News 08.26.03

August 24, The MetroWest Daily News (MA) - Bank site shut down after hackers
attack. The Middlesex Savings Bank, located in Natick, MA, was forced to shut
down its website on Friday, August 23, after customers complained a hacker was
keeping them from doing their banking. Natick police received a call from a
customer in the afternoon and notified the bank officials who were already
aware of the problem. The website was closed later in the day, said Sgt. Bob
Dunlop. "It doesn't appear anything was affected," he said. "Somebody hacked
into their webpage from the outside I think. It made it impossible for people
from the outside to do their online banking." Dunlop said officers forwarded
the information to the Secret Service for further investigation. Source:
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/local_regional/nati_bankshutdown08242003.htm


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