State-owned Russian bank VTB says sites hit by cyberattack

A board, which reads 'Bank', is on display during sunset in central Moscow, Russia, November 21, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW: State-controlled Russian bank VTB said that its websites had been hit by a cyberattack but insisted its systems were still working “as normal”. 

”A DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack was carried out against VTB Group Internet sites,” Russia’s second largest bank said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies.