HSBC suffers online banking cyber-attack

The bank admits its internet banking facility was made unavailable following a 'denial of service' attack, but says no transactions were affected

HSBC customers have been locked out of internet banking after the company was targeted by cyber criminals in a "denial of service" attack.

The bank, which has 17 million personal banking and business customers in the UK, said its website had been attacked, but it had "successfully defended" its systems. It said it was working to restore services, would waive any fees incurred by customers as a direct result of the incident.