POHJOLA BANK PLC Denial-of-services attacks are still causing disruptions in OP's online services. The malicious traffic has been exceptionally heavy. We are paying close attention to the availability of our services. The security level has been raised and traffic from abroad has been restricted.
The security level of OP's data communications has been increased for the time being and corrective measures are in progress to ensure that our customers can access services as normal. Nevertheless, disruptions are still possible.
Customers abroad may yet encounter difficulties in accessing OP's online services. This may also apply to customers operating in Finland whose data communications have been routed through other countries.
Cards are functioning in Finland and abroad, but temporary disruptions are possible.
The identity of the attacker is not yet known. There has been an exceptional amount of malicious traffic from Finland and other countries. OP's experts are investigating the situation in cooperation with the authorities, Tieto, which is responsible for OP's data communications, and operators. OP has filed a report of an offence to the police, and the National Bureau of Investigation is investigating the matter.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused and are paying close attention to the availability of our services. OP will also keep its customers up-to-date on the situation via Facebook and Twitter.
More information:
OP:
Silja Nikkanen, Director, tel. 050 352 1341
Tieto:
Mikael Salonaho, Risk Management Director, tel. 050 568 6611
Kia Haring, Head of External Communications, tel. 040 765 3700
OP is Finland's leading financial services group providing a unique range of banking, wealth management and insurance services. OP's mission is to promote the sustainable prosperity, security and wellbeing of its customer-owners, customers and operating regions. Its objective is to offer the best and most versatile package of loyal customer benefits on the market. OP Financial Group consists of about 180 member cooperative banks, its central institution OP Cooperative, and the latter's subsidiaries and affiliates. The Group has a staff of 12,000. OP is also Finland's leading non-life insurer, providing its private customers and corporate and institutional customers with a diverse range of comprehensive insurance solutions. Non-life insurance operations comprise Pohjola Insurance, A-Insurance, Eurooppalainen Insurance Company and Seesam operating in the Baltic countries.
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Source: Pohjola Pankki Oyj via Globenewswire
