Police looking for Bangladeshi in Presidential website hacking case?
August 30, 2016 09:58 pm
Sri Lankan Police on Monday launched a manhunt for a Bangladeshi national who along with a 17 year old Sri Lankan school boy had hacked President Maitrhipala Sirisena’s official website last week.
Sources in the President’s office said that police on Monday arrested the 17 year old boy but are yet to arrest the Bangladeshi.
Initial investigations revealed that the 17 year old school boy was from the Central Hills of Kandy.
“Police are not sure what their actual motive is but investigations are continuing,” sources said.
President’s Sirisena’s official website and a few other government websites were hacked for two consecutive days on Aug 25 and 26 by a group calling itself the “Sri Lankan Youth”.
The hackers had posted a statement in the local language Sinhala on the web page. However, the site was inaccessible for a few hours.
- newindianexpress
-Agencies
