Hackers steal $2.5m from Sri Lanka economic division
Cyber criminals hacked into the Sri Lankan economic division's computer system and siphoned off $2.5 million, the province stated on Thursday, the
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Hackers steal $2.5m from Sri Lanka economic division
Cyber criminals hacked into the Sri Lankan economic division's computer system and siphoned off $2.5 million, the province stated on Thursday, the most amount of cash ever stolen by hackers from a province institution in the debt-saddled country.
The cyberattack is a senior officer blow to Sri Lanka, which is recovering from a crippling economic crisis in 2022 after Colombo defaulted on its $46 billion external debt.
The money was destined as debt repayment to Australia, economic division secretary Harshana Suriyapperuma informed reporters in the capital.
Four senior officers at the General Debt Management Office (PDMO) were suspended after the breach, he stated.
Representatives were alerted to an attempt to break into the government department’s e-mail server, and investigations showed that a $2.5 million payment owed to Australia had disappeared.
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