bank of america so far will not comment on this reported attack. but it did release a statement saying, quote, on-line banking is and has been available, although some customers may experience occasional slowness. we are working to insure full availability. is there more to it? katherine herrage live in washington. what do we know about this? it sounds like one of those attack on services sort of deals? that s right. according to the cyber intelligence firm, flash point partners e-mail traffic peaked after the threat was posted on-line. this warning coming from individuals claiming to be affiliated with the armed wing of hamas, palestinian sunni islamist group, web postings threatening attacks on bank of america and the new york stock exchange to retaliate fort amateurist youtube video. the posting amounted to a how to guide for cyber novices to denounce a denial of services. it did not dump or compromise