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HSBC online banking 'fully recovered' after cyber attack

HSBC's online banking services have "fully recovered" after a cyber attack on Friday, the bank has said.

The attempted 'denial of service' attacks disrupted internet and mobile banking for most of the day.

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HSBC foils internet banking service cyber attack

HSBC says it has successfully defended its internet banking service from a cyber attack. Credit: PA

HSBC today said it had successfully defended its internet banking service from a cyber attack.

The bank said its personal banking website was affected by a "denial of service attack", which it has successfully defended itself against.

A denial of service attack happens when hackers attempt to prevent people from using a service by bombarding it with traffic.

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