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A financial services security group in US has warned about possible cyber-attacks on banks.

20 September,2012 10:27 pm

The group, the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, has raised its cyber threat level to high from elevated, saying there is potential for attacks that could make companies websites unusable for customers.The group told companies to maintain a heightened level of awareness.JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America have both acknowledged problems with their websites this week, but havent commented on the reasons. Some Internet outlets have speculated that the outages are the work of terrorists.The financial services security group was created in 1999 by a government order to help banks prepare for Y2K.