The websites of two government institutions have suffered a cyber attack this morning (30), according to the Cyber Security Centre of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF).
The official websites of the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils & Local Government and the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB) were hacked this morning by a group identified as Tamil Eelam cyber force.
Several other Sri Lankan websites were also hacked earlier this month during the war hero commemoration by the same group.
Alert ⚠️
The entity known as Tamil Eelam Cyber Force appears to have defaced https://t.co/NZX2muasZM (Sri Lanka bureau of Foreign employment) previously the same entity defaced several government website for #VictoryDaySL. #SLCERT is aware of the attacks #lka #CyberSecurityLK pic.twitter.com/nErtwdOE7t
— Asela Waidyalankara (@aselawaid) May 30, 2020