An attempted cyber-attack to bring down the Bank of Cyprus website was successfully thwarted on Friday afternoon, the Bank announced in a press release.

Earlier on Friday, another attempt targeting the website of Hermes Airport was also reported as unsuccessful.

The Bank of Cyprus says that at around 18:30 (local time) its websites were subjected to a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) cyber attack in an attempt to render them inaccessible."The attempt was successfully thwarted and the websites are up and running," it said.

Hackers also attempted to breach the website of Hermes Airport, the operator of Larnaca's "Glafkos Clerides" airport, but were successfully countered, Hermes' Aviation Development and Communications Director Maria Kouroupi told CNA.

She noted that the smooth operation of the airport was not affected as the Hermes website is not connected to the airport's systems.