Central Banking

Hackers obliterate Egypt central bank website

Computer hackers have obliterated the website of the Egyptian central bank. The cyber attack was launched on the morning of Feb. 2, Ayman el-Sayed, the central bank's webmaster, said. "We are now implementing security measures to avoid this happening in the future," he said. The website (www.cbe.org.eg) - which usually features billowing Egyptian flags and an old, sepia photograph of the bank - is now all in black, with red text in Portuguese including several Brazilian Internet addresses

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