Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team
Cyberattack on several government websites
18-05-2021 | 9:38 AM

Cyberattack on several government websites

COLOMBO (News 1st); A Cyberattack was carried out on se...
Several Sri Lankan websites hacked
18-05-2020 | 11:06 AM

Several Sri Lankan websites hacked

COLOMBO (News1st): Several Sri Lankan websites includin...
SLCERT instructed to draft the Cyber Security Act
24-01-2020 | 10:04 PM

SLCERT instructed to draft the Cyber Security Act

Colombo (News 1st): Defence Secretary Retired Major Gen...
New laws against defamatory posts on social media
24-01-2020 | 10:27 AM

New laws against defamatory posts on social media

COLOMBO (News 1st):- The Defence Ministry says it will ...
Cyber attack : 2 groups of foreign hackers
23-05-2019 | 12:17 PM

Cyber attack : 2 groups of foreign hackers

COLOMBO (News 1st) - It was revealed that cyber attacks on several government websites and the website of the embassy of the State of Kuwait were an attack by two foreign hacker groups. The CEO of the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team(SLCERT), Lal Dias noted that the attack on the 18th ...
New cyber security protocols for govt. web sites
22-05-2019 | 8:31 AM

New cyber security protocols for govt. web sites

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) states that special security precautions have been taken to protect the websites of state institutions from cyber attacks. Information Security Engineer of SLCERT, Ravindu Meegasmulla noted that they have introduced add...
Cyber attack on several SL websites restored
19-05-2019 | 9:30 PM

Cyber attack on several SL websites restored

COLOMBO (News 1st) - A series of cyber attacks have been launched against a number of Sri Lankan (.lk and .com) websites. The website of a foreign embassy based in Sri Lanka has also been targetted through the cyber attacks. The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team stated that the websites...
Increased number of complaints on fake FB accounts
27-02-2019 | 12:47 PM

Increased number of complaints on fake FB accounts

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness team states that over 270 complaints have been received within the last two months of 2019. There were 170 complaints in January. Associate information security engineer of the team Raveendra Meegasmulla noted that most of the compla...
Over 2,200 social media related complaints
11-10-2018 | 3:18 PM

Over 2,200 social media related complaints

Colombo (News1st): Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) says over 2,200 social media related complaints have been received so far this year. Its Senior Information Security Engineer, Roshan Chandragupta said 80% of the complaints received so far were on fake Facebook profiles. He ...
Cyber attack : 2 groups of foreign hackers

Cyber attack : 2 groups of foreign hackers

COLOMBO (News 1st) - It was revealed that cyber attacks on several government websites and the website of the embassy of the State of Kuwait were an attack by two foreign hacker groups. The CEO of the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team(SLCERT), Lal Dias noted that the attack on the 18th
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New cyber security protocols for govt. web sites

New cyber security protocols for govt. web sites

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) states that special security precautions have been taken to protect the websites of state institutions from cyber attacks. Information Security Engineer of SLCERT, Ravindu Meegasmulla noted that they have introduced add
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Cyber attack on several SL websites restored

Cyber attack on several SL websites restored

COLOMBO (News 1st) - A series of cyber attacks have been launched against a number of Sri Lankan (.lk and .com) websites. The website of a foreign embassy based in Sri Lanka has also been targetted through the cyber attacks. The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team stated that the websites
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Increased number of complaints on fake FB accounts

Increased number of complaints on fake FB accounts

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness team states that over 270 complaints have been received within the last two months of 2019. There were 170 complaints in January. Associate information security engineer of the team Raveendra Meegasmulla noted that most of the compla
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Over 2,200 social media related complaints

Over 2,200 social media related complaints

Colombo (News1st): Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) says over 2,200 social media related complaints have been received so far this year. Its Senior Information Security Engineer, Roshan Chandragupta said 80% of the complaints received so far were on fake Facebook profiles. He
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