Fota Wildlife Park is warning customers that their financial information may be at risk after its website was hit by a cyberattack.

In an email to customers, the park urged customers to review their bank account activity and cancel their debit or credit cards if necessary.

The park said anyone who carried out a transaction on the website between May 12th and August 27th is at risk.

“Fota Wildlife Park can confirm that illegal cyber activity was recently identified which impacted its website,” the park said in a statement.

Three of the new born baby Ring-tailed lemurs in Fota Wildlife Park, Cork. Photo Darragh Kane

It said an “internal investigation” is now underway and “appropriate measures” have been taken to secure the organisation’s website.

“The incident has been notified to the relevant authorities and Fota Wildlife Park is cooperating with those authorities,” a spokesperson said.

“Fota Wildlife Park is in the process of contacting all potentially impacted customers.”

Although the website is currently offline, the park remains open today between 9.30am and 4.30pm with tickets are available at kiosks on site.

The park is home to animals and bird species from five continents, as well as hundreds of plants and trees that are native to Ireland.

In a statement, the nearby Fota Island Resort they had not been impacted by the cyberattack.

"While we work closely with our neighbours at Fota Wildlife Park, we are in fact two completely separate businesses entirely independent of each other," a spokesperson said.

As such, none of the data of Fota Island Resort customers has been compromised.

Main image: Asian Lion cubs at Fota Wildlife Park. Image: Fota