Kazakhstan Banks hit by massive DDoS attack

According to local media, several banks in the country have faced a massive DDoS(Distributed Denial of Service) attacks over the past few days.

The attack traffic came from several countries at the same time.  As a result, bank websites were unavailable for a certain time. One of the affected bank is HomeBank.

"The bank's specialists recorded yesterday a large-scale DDoS attack in the form of false requests simultaneously from a huge number of IP addresses that block the operation of the portal."  The Homebank posted in the Qazkom's Facebook Page.

"To ensure the protection of the site and your accounts, the bank's specialists take the necessary technical measures to neutralize the actions of hackers, therefore we apologize if there will be delays in conducting operations or the site will be temporarily unavailable." The Bank apologized for the inconvenience.

Kaspi bank said that their servers and services are not affected by the attack. The bank said they are actively monitoring and working to prevent such attacks.  Other Banks including HalykBank, People's Bank also claimed that their servers are not affected by this attack.

Just a few days ago, the Committee of National Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan stated that Banks hide the information about hacker attacks to maintain the Bank's reputation. In 2017, six Banks have suffered a phishing attack, and only one of them asked KNB to help.

- Christina