Bangladesh Bank said on Sunday that banking transactions remained secure and all bank websites were back online after some lenders temporarily shut public-facing sites in response to a global cybersecurity alert.
The central bank said the affected websites operate separately from the electronic platforms that process financial transactions, allowing customers to continue using banking services without disruption.
Bangladesh Bank spokesperson Arief Hossain Khan told TIMES that no Bangladeshi bank website had been hacked.
“None of the banks’ websites has been hacked, and there is no risk to any type of transaction, including digital transactions, at the moment,” he said.
The precautionary shutdowns followed warnings over two serious vulnerabilities in PHP, a widely used programming language for web applications.
Bangladesh Bank’s own website, which had been offline since Thursday evening, returned at 8 am on Sunday.
The central bank said it restored the site because Sunday was a working day.
Several commercial banks also brought their websites back online by Sunday morning after completing vulnerability checks.
Janata Bank and Bengal Commercial Bank took longer, with their websites remaining inaccessible until later in the day before services were restored.
A global cybersecurity alert issued on 21 October warned that the PHP vulnerabilities could allow attackers to execute malicious code on affected servers and advised organisations to disconnect vulnerable web applications temporarily if security updates could not be installed promptly.
