​Hackers Hit National Banks in Indonesia and South Korea

The national banks of Indonesia and South Korea have been hit by conveyed refusal of administration assaults on their open sites, with authorities connecting the planning of the assaults to a promise made in May by hacktivist bunch Anonymous.

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In the month since extremist hacking group Anonymous vowed to target banks over the world, senior authorities have said people in general sites of the national banks of both Indonesia and South Korea have been hit by digital assaults.

In light of the endeavored hacks, Bank Indonesia has blocked 149 regions that don't as a rule get to its site, including a few little African nations, agent representative Ronald Waas told Reuters.

Waas said a few national banks were hit by comparative assaults and were sharing the IP addresses utilized by the culprits.

As indicated by authorities, no cash was lost in the assaults on Bank Indonesia and the Bank of Korea, which were primarily circulated refusal of administration (DDoS) endeavors. They additionally said there is no word on who is in charge of the assaults.

Waas said it was participation between national banks that kept the assaults from being effective, and that casualties are sharing their encounters all through the area.