A Pakistani hacker called himself "Faisal" hacked the website of the leading nationalised bank, Canara Bank, on August 2.
He defaced the site by inserting a malicious page and tried to block some of its e-payment services.
The Reserve Bank of India, wrote a confidential letter and advised bank chairmen to review funds lying in their foreign accounts, and carry out hourly reconciliation of payment emails by comparing outward messages with SWIFT confirmations.
"We have filed an FIR with the cyber crime department of the police. The bank immediately took note of the attack and isolated the server and diverted the traffic to a standby server," a senior Canara bank official told ET.
According to officials, the hacker failed to access any type of data. "There was no loss..As of now we are seeing 20,000 online payment transactions," said the official.
After defacing the website the hacker left a message which read, "Government of India website stamped by Faisal 1337. We are a team of Pak Cyber Attackers. Go Home Kiddo. Need Security? Contact me: www.facebook.com/Pakistan1337. Pakistan Zindabad."
He defaced the site by inserting a malicious page and tried to block some of its e-payment services.
The Reserve Bank of India, wrote a confidential letter and advised bank chairmen to review funds lying in their foreign accounts, and carry out hourly reconciliation of payment emails by comparing outward messages with SWIFT confirmations.
"We have filed an FIR with the cyber crime department of the police. The bank immediately took note of the attack and isolated the server and diverted the traffic to a standby server," a senior Canara bank official told ET.
According to officials, the hacker failed to access any type of data. "There was no loss..As of now we are seeing 20,000 online payment transactions," said the official.
After defacing the website the hacker left a message which read, "Government of India website stamped by Faisal 1337. We are a team of Pak Cyber Attackers. Go Home Kiddo. Need Security? Contact me: www.facebook.com/Pakistan1337. Pakistan Zindabad."