Bank of America Website Slows Amid Cyber Attack Threats

Bank of America Corp's online banking site suffered intermittent problems on Sept. 18, 2012 amid threats on the Internet that a group was planning to launch cyber attacks on the bank and other US targets to protest a film that has stirred unrest in the Middle East.

Someone claiming to represent "cyber fighters of Izz ad-din Al qassam" said it would attack the Bank of America and the New York Stock Exchange as a "first step" in a campaign against properties of "American-Zionist Capitalists."

A short film mocking the Prophet Mohammad, made with private funds in the United States and posted on the Internet, has ignited days of demonstrations in the Arab world, Africa, Asia and in some Western countries.

Bank of America said its website is available but some customers may experience occasional slowness. Bank customers in New York, Georgia, Ohio and Michigan said they could not access the website.