Greek central bank dismisses Anonymous hacking claim, group says 'worst is yet to come'

Greece's central bank dismissed claims by hacking group Anonymous that it had accessed confidential internal files, saying on Wednesday the material was already in the public domain.

Anonymous responded by warning that it was merely testing out the bank's defenses and could step up its attack.

Anonymous Greece had posted a link on its Facebook page on Tuesday, claiming it was leaking central bank data and warned that more would follow in the coming days. A link the collective supplied didn't appear to immediately work.

The Bank of Greece said the alleged leak only contained information widely available on its website.

"The claims that Bank of Greece data bases were hacked and leaked are totally unfounded," the central bank said.

Anonymous, which previously attacked the central bank in May last year when it disrupted service on its website, said its...