Worldpay hit by Denial of Service Attack (DOS)

Worldpay battling online attack
Source: BBC World News

The internet payment system Worldpay is under hack attack from unknown assailants, hitting hundreds of online retailers around the world.
The company’s payment and administration networks have been flooded with computer-generated requests, clogging the system and slowing transactions – also known as a “denial-of-service” attack.

Worldpay is owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Its clients include Vodafone and Sony Music Entertainment, as well as many small retailers.

The system has been flooded on a massive scale

Carolyn McAdam, Worldpay

The company said the bombardment started Tuesday and is still going on.

Worldpay has beefed up its security measures and the payment and administration systems have not been compromised, said Carolyn McAdam, a company spokeswoman.

“We have been working flat out and have been since the incident started,” Ms McAdam told BBC News Online. “We hope to have it sorted out in the course of today.”