Islamabad: There has been a cyberattack on the server of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP). Given this information, the bank said that some services of the bank have been stopped after the attack. However, both the data and money of the bank are safe. According to NBP, this case related to the cyber security of the bank is being investigated. The bank also said that no other bank has reported the incident of a cyber attack.
The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) said that they are taking stock of the situation. Ensuring that the banking system is working properly or not. The National Bank said that a cyberattack was detected on the bank’s server in the last hours of October 29 and on the morning of October 30. After this, 40-50 local and international experts together took the system out of danger.
Services will start by Monday
NBP President Arif Usmani told that three professional companies including Microsoft are working to restart the services of the bank by Monday. He said that the services of the bank will have to be fully operational by Monday. On behalf of the government, we send a salary on the 1st of every month. If the 1st is a Monday, then, in any case, work in the bank will have to be started by Monday.
Usmani also told that this attack is similar to the cyberattack on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). About two and a half months ago there was a cyberattack on FBR and it took about 2 weeks for the bank to recover from it.
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