Transaction suspension at 128 Shinkin Banks in Western Japan fully restored; ``It was not a cyber attack''

The Shinkin Kyodo Center, which provides a common system for credit unions nationwide, and the Shinkin Central Bank, the central organization of credit unions, announced on the 6th that there was a system failure around 1:30 p.m. At 128 Shinkin Banks in the western Japan area, all customer transactions, including transfers and withdrawals at ATMs, at counters, and over the Internet, continued to be unavailable, but the company said it had fully recovered by around 7 p.m.

The center said, ``We believe this was due to equipment failure and not a cyber attack.''

According to the center, there was a malfunction in the equipment that stores transaction data at the West Japan Center, which has jurisdiction over Shinkin Banks in West Japan, among its centers in East Japan and West Japan.

The ``Shinkin Kyodo System'' provided by the Shinkin Kyodo Center is used by over 90% of the credit unions nationwide, or 236 Shinkin Banks. "We deeply apologize for the great inconvenience and inconvenience caused to our customers," the center said in a statement.