Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has released a statement in which they confirmed an attempt to compromise its website domain.
The hacking attempt happened on Wednesday and led to a temporary disruption to the website, which left customers unable to access online services.

This led to widespread concern and media reports suggesting that the bank’s website had been cloned, potentially putting customer data at risk.

In a statement on Thursday signed by its management, the bank stated that the incident was unsuccessful and its website was not cloned.

It also allayed concerns about customer data being compromised, stressing that the bank does not store customer information on its website.

The statement titled, “Alleged Web Domain Hack: GTBank Provides Clarity” read, “Our attention has been drawn to reports in the media alleging that hackers have seized the bank’s website, cloned it, and intercepted customer data.

“While there was an isolated incident of an attempt to compromise our website domain, we would like to assure all our customers and stakeholders that the bank’s website has not been cloned and that we do not store customer information on our website, and as such, there has been no instance of compromise of customer data.”