AA / Copenhague / Abbad Ahmed
The National Bank of Denmark and at least seven other Danish banks were hit by cyberattacks earlier this week, destroying their websites.
Outre la banque centrale danois, les cyberattacks ont visé Jyske Bank, Sparekassen, Sjælland-Fyn, Skjern Bank, Ringkjøbing Landbobank, Djurslands Bank et Kreditbanken.
Jyske Bank said in a statement on Wednesday that it was the subject of an attack aimed at “reducing electronic transactions”.
The bank in question said there were doubts that the attack “came from Russia”, saying that it was following the situation to the comma, and that it was trying to gather more information.
For its part, Danske Bank indicated, in statements reported by the correspondent of Anadolu, to have also been the subject of a cyberattack, on January 10.
In the same context, Lance McGrath, head of the banking security sector, said that the Kelnet group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Kelnet is a group of volunteer hackers that has launched a series of attacks once morest various organizations in Ukraine and countries that have stood on its side since Russia launched its military operation once morest its neighbor in February 2022.
*Translated from Arabic by Wejden Jlassi
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