2020 cyberattacks on Sri Lanka
Date | 17 May 2020 |
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Location | Sri Lanka |
The 2020 cyberattacks on Sri Lanka were a series of cyberattacks on at least 5 Sri Lankan national websites with the top-level domains of .gov and .com.[1] The cyberattack is speculated to have been conducted on 17 and 18 May 2020. The cyber-attack was also launched on the leading news website of Sri Lanka.[2] The website of the Chinese Embassy operating in Sri Lanka and the website of Cabinet Office in Sri Lanka were also affected by the cyberattack.[3] The investigations are currently carried out by Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team along with the . ITSSL believes that this cyber attack conducted by a group called 'Tamil Eelam Cyber Force'.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ "Number of Sri Lankan websites come under a cyber attacks". Sri Lanka News – Newsfirst. 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "Several websites in Sri Lanka hacked by 'Tamil Eelam Cyber Force'". menafn.com. 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "FIVE WEBSITES UNDER ATTACK FROM GROUP CALLED "TAMIL EELAM CYBER GROUP"". telo.org. Archived from the original on 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "Outdated websites vulnerable to cyber attacks, IT group warns". newsfirst.lk. 2020-06-01.
- ^ "Presidential Poll: A digital wake-up call". May 15, 2020.
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