A man walks out of the main entrance of the Central Bank of Cyprus in Nicosia February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis ATHENS (Reuters) - The website of the Central Bank of Cyprus briefly came under cyber attack, days after a hacking collective said it conducted a similar attack on the Greek central bank’s site. The central bank’s website came under “some form of a denial-of-service” attack, a spokeswoman said on Friday, via email. She did not say when the attack occurred, but several on-line news sites covering cyber security said it came on Thursday. The bank could not be reached to verify the date. The attack “... resulted in some delays in user connections, but generally the website could handle the anticipated number of users for the day,” the spokeswoman said. Greece’s central bank was attacked by the hacking group Anonymous on Tuesday, which disrupted service on its web site, a Bank of Greece official said on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear whether Anonymous was behind the attack on the Cypriot central bank. But in a video posted on YouTube, the group said the attack on the Bank of Greece marked the start of a 30-day campaign against central banks around the world. Reporting By Michele Kambas, editing by Larry King
Following an attack on Greece 's central bank website last week , evidence of a subsequent attack on the Central Bank of Cyprus has emerged . A spokeswoman for the bank said that it had been targeted with “ some form of a denial - of - service ” attack . It is unclear when the attack occurred , however , analysts noted disruption to services on 5 May. The analysts suggested that the attack had “ resulted in some disruption in user connections , but generally the website could handle the anticipated number of users for the day . ” The incident came two days after the hacktivist collective , Anonymous , targeted the Greek central bank . While no one has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Cypriot central bank , in a statement , Anonymous said that its attack on Greece ’s central bank marked the start of a month - long campaign against central banks worldwide .