Israel’s national payment system was hit by a cyberattack today, causing a partial outage of credit card clearing and purchase approval systems, leaving some consumers briefly unable to use their credit cards to make purchases or make transactions in stores, according to Shva (Automated Banking Services), which manages the country’s payment and ATM services, the Times of Israel reported.
The incident occurred in the morning, just before noon.
The problem was resolved within 26 minutes, after which the payment systems returned to full operation and credit card transactions could be processed.
