- Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) acknowledged an isolated attempt to compromise its website domain.
- The bank issued a statement in response to media reports about alleged hacking incidents.
- Reports suggested that hackers had cloned GTBank’s website to intercept customer data.
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has confirmed that there was a unique attempt to attack its website domain.
In a statement on Thursday, the bank responded to recent reports suggesting that hackers had captured and cloned its website to gather customer information.
It said, “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.”
“We would like to assure all our Customers and Stakeholders that the Bank’s website has not been cloned,” the bank clarified.
It noted that the bank’s information security experts were working diligently to restore the domain settings.
“Our dedicated team of Information Security Experts are currently working round the clock to restore domain settings,” the statement added.
GTBank urged customers to disregard the media claims and assured them of its commitment to data security. “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,” the bank concluded.
