Neelie Kroes: ddos attack made possible by poor security banks

The ddos attacks on banks in recent weeks were made possible because banks are poorly protected against such attacks. “It is a shame that the Dutch banks on this painful way of their mistakes, to learn.”

By the ddos attacks were the services of the banks, such as the inspection of the balance and making payments, temporarily not available to customers. The consequences were a lot less can be large, says european Commissioner Neelie Kroes said according to The Telegraph. “This type of attack is not new, but the banks have their head placed in the sand and thought: we can solve it myself for a moment. And now we had all the blisters.”

In addition to the banks explains the Frizzy a part of the blame also for the Dutch government. “Also the Dutch government has in its eyes too long, leaning back relaxed, and thought: ‘this is not my strongest suit-an'”. All major Dutch banks went last weeks shorter or longer time shelf by ddos attacks. First, that ING, ABN Amro and iDeal payment method, which was followed by the Rabobank and SNS. The banks promised then to work together by information about the attacks to share. Kroes said that the EU agency Enisa has been established to digital attacks. Who is behind the attacks on the banks, is still unclear.