CU*Answers, the 100% credit union-owned data processing CUSO, will be making changes to the encryption used to protect member sessions in It’s Me 247 online banking. CU*Answers will be disabling weaker forms of SSL encryption, including 3DES. This will prevent member web browsers from using these weaker forms of encryption when connecting to online banking, ensuring that only stronger forms of encryption can be used.

While connections to It’s Me 247 have always used encryption, times change and encryption that was considered strong only a few years ago may now be more vulnerable to attack. However, attempting to compromise even weaker forms of SSL encryption is very difficult. CU*Answers will continue to adjust security settings to respond to technological advances of bad actors.