CAF Bank reopens online service but warns of further outages

Customers told traffic may be limited at certain times following more than ten days offline

CAF Bank has told customers its online banking service is back after being shuttered for more than ten days following what it described as "attempted fraud."

In an email update seen by The Reg, the bank warned that access could remain intermittent, and it might "need to limit the amount of traffic to the website" at certain times. It admitted: "There are likely to be periods where online banking is not available. We will try to keep this to outside business hours."

The bank also gave customers a timeline of the incident, saying it first noticed "attempted fraudulent activity" on July 21 "on a small number of accounts." It then called in "external specialists" and temporarily withdrew access to the online service on Wednesday, July 22, and Friday, July 24, "while we investigated."

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