Travelex: Sites down after software virus attack
- Foreign exchange bureau Travelex has forced to pull the plug on its UK site after discovering a software virus infection
- The virus attack locking out currency swap services for a number of leading UK banks
- Travelex has deployed teams of IT specialists and also external cyber security experts
- As a precautionary measure in order to protect data and prevent the spread of the virus, they immediately took all their systems offline
- Their investigation to date shows no indication that any personal or customer data has been compromised
- Its network of branches continues to provide foreign currency services, albeit manually
