Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Canada’s second-largest bank by assets, said it was the victim of a cyber attack on 21 March that took its services temporarily offline for several hours.

The denial-of-service attack occurred mid-morning and prevented its customers from logging on to its website and mobile site.

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TD spokeswoman Barbara Timmins said no data was compromised during the attack.

The event follows similar recent attacks on financial institutions in the US and South Korea.

 

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