While ANZ Bank initially denied the fact that their stockbroking site was hit by hackers, it now reported (under pressure) that it’s prized online broker E*Trade Australia had security breach denying access to overseas customers for over a week (Source: AFR)
ANZ Bank attempted to cover up the breach claiming a technology glitch. ANZ now stated that E*Trade had “experienced some malicious activity that impacted the performance of the website before Christmas.”