LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group isthe latest bank to join a new British cyber security group forbanks called the Cyber Defence Alliance (CDA), sources withdirect knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Lloyds joins Barclays, Deutsche Bank,Santander UK and Standard Chartered in theCDA, the sources said.
A spokeswoman for Lloyds confirmed that the bank joined thegroup on December 8.
The list of other banks participating is confirmed bycompany filings reviewed by Reuters.
The London-based CDA was created to facilitate sharing ofinformation following cyber security incidents, with banksjoining it paying to help to fund it and gain access to thegroup's pooled knowledge on the latest attack methods, thesources said.
Banks have stepped up information sharing on such securityincidents in recent months in response to an increase in attackson their systems, including an attack on Tesco Bank lastNovember that was Britain's biggest ever financial cyber heist.
Lloyds said on Jan. 23 it was working with law enforcementagencies to trace who might be behind a cyber attack that causedintermittent outages for customers of its personal bankingwebsites. (Reporting By Lawrence White. Editing by Jane Merriman)