2021 Cyberattacks on Sri Lanka
Date | 6 February 2021, 18 May 2021 |
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Location | Sri Lanka |
The 2021 cyberattacks on Sri Lanka were a series of cyberattacks on at least 10 Sri Lankan national websites including Google.lk domain.[1]
First Cyber-Attack[]
The first cyber-attack was launched on The LK Domain Registry website on 6th February 2021. The investigations are currently carried out by Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team along with the .[2] Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka were also tweeted regarding the Cyberattack as public alert.[3]
Second Cyber-Attack[]
The second cyber-attack was carried out on 18 May 2021. [4] The website of the Chinese Embassy operating in Sri Lanka, The websites of the Health Ministry, Energy Ministry and the Rajarata University websites were affected by this cyberattack. [5] This cyber attack conducted by a group called 'Tamil Eelam Cyber Force'.[6]
Cyber-Attack On Prime Minister Mahinda's Website[]
The official website of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was hacked on June 3rd 2021.
The Information Technology Society Sri Lanka - ITSSL said the PM’s website was hacked in a manner in which any visitor to the website would be redirected to another website which displays content related to the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. [7]
References[]
- ^ "Hacktivists deface multiple Sri Lankan domains, including Google.lk". zdnet. 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "The dark side of IT, Hackers and the future of cyber security'". nation.lk. 2021-02-09. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ ".LK domain affected by malicious redirection". newsfirst.lk. 2021-02-06.
- ^ "Cyberattack on several government websites; SLCERT". Sri Lanka News – Newsfirst. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "'Warnings were issued regarding cyber attacks' (Video)". hirunews. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "More websites vulnerable to attacks - ITSSL". dailynews. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ "PM's website targeted by hackers". themorning. 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
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