Colombo, April 23, 2026 (AFP) - Hackers steal $2.5 mn from Sri Lanka finance ministry

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2026-04-23

Cyber criminals hacked into the Sri Lankan finance ministry's computer system and siphoned off $2.5 million, the government said Thursday, the most amount of cash ever stolen by hackers from a state institution in the debt-saddled country. The cyber attack is a major blow to Sri Lanka, which is recovering from a crippling economic crisis in 2022 after Colombo defaulted on its $46 billion external debt. The money was destined as debt repayment to......

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