NEW YORK — Two more major American banks, U.S. Bank and PNC, reported problems with their customer websites Wednesday after a financial-services security group warned about possible cyberattacks.
U.S. Bank spokesman Tom Joyce said some customers experienced intermittent delays. He said the bank was working to fix the problem and was working with law enforcement.
A spokesman for PNC, Fred Solomon, said its online operations were mostly normal but that some customers had trouble accessing on their first try. He said the bank was aware of a similar threat for Thursday and was taking precautions.
The U.S. Bank spokesman said the issue appeared to be related to problems at other banks in the past week. JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America had site problems last week, and Wells Fargo reported access problems with its site Tuesday.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., told C-SPAN last week he believed Iran was behind the Chase and Bank of America attacks.
Also last week, the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, an industry group, raised its cyberthreat level to “high” from “elevated” because of potential cyberattacks.
