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Fresh fears emerge as missing French loan documents deepen Sri Lanka’s Treasury cyber breach crisis, raising alarms over potential insider involvement and wider financial fraud risks. It is now suspected that the same hacker group responsible for breaching the Sri Lanka Treasury system and diverting $2.5 million may also be linked to the disappearance of several critical documents connected to a French debt repayment. According to emerging findings from an internal review of Ministry of Finance systems, investigators have identified irregularities that point to a broader cyber security breach within Sri Lanka’s financial infrastructure. Sources familiar with the Sri Lanka Treasury cyber attack investigation indicate that these missing files relate to a future loan installment owed to France. Authorities fear that the documents may have been deliberately extracted by cyber criminals as part of a planned attempt to execute another large-scale financial fraud targeting sovereign debt transactions. Follow The Morning Telegraph WhatsApp Channel Get breaking updates, instant alerts, and exclusives. Join Now The development has intensified concerns over the safety of Sri Lanka’s public finance systems, especially as the country continues to navigate debt restructuring and IMF program commitments. The disappearance of sensitive financial data has raised questions about vulnerabilities in government cyber security protocols and data protection mechanisms. A dedicated cyber forensic investigation team from the Criminal Investigation Department is currently probing the incident in detail. As part of the ongoing inquiry, digital devices including laptops and mobile phones belonging to officials from the Department of External Resources have already been taken into custody. These officers were directly involved in processing the earlier Australian debt repayment that became the center of the Treasury heist controversy. Investigators are now focusing on whether the breach was purely external or if there was possible insider assistance that enabled unauthorized access to critical systems. The possibility of internal collaboration has become a key line of inquiry, as experts examine system logs, access patterns, and document handling procedures within the Ministry of Finance. With Sri Lanka’s economic stability closely tied to its ability to manage debt repayments and maintain investor confidence, the latest revelations have heightened fears of systemic weaknesses....
Treasury cyber heist widens; French loan papers missing
News View(s): Suspicion falls on same group of hackers; Deputy Minister admits official email was compromised By Damith Wickremasekera Documents relating to the repayment of a loan from France have gone missing from the Finance Ministry computer systems and could be linked to the same group of hackers who breached its systems, leading to USD 2.5 million going missing from treasury funds, the Sunday Times learns. Initial investigations have revealed that the papers pertain to the French loan repayment due in the future, and its disappearance has been detected. Investigators believe that hackers have gained access to the documents and may have removed them with the intention of committing another fraud. Investigations are being handled by a special cyberforensic team from the CID. The team yesterday took over laptops, mobile phones and SIM cards used by those in the Finance Ministry’s External Resources Department staff, who handled the USD 2.5 million debt repayments to Australia. “We are looking at the possibility of some inside help that may have been given to an outside party to breach our system,” a senior government official told the Sunday Times. Deputy Finance Minister Anil Jayantha told the Sunday Times the Treasury’s emails had been compromised and there was a clear case of negligence on the part of officials handling the payments. “We are looking into all sides in the investigations, including ascertaining if there was a deliberate move to lead to such a situation and if there was a political angle to this so as to put the government in a difficult situation,” he said. Since the breach of the complete system was detected, additional measures have been put in place to ensure there are no repetitions of such incidents. “In the future all loan repayments will have to be approved by the Central Bank as well so that there is no chance for a similar situation,” he said. More security features have also been introduced to ensure that the internal servers remain safe and are not compromised again, he said. The Australian Federal Police are assisting in the investigation, the deputy minister said, adding that a probe team from Australia may visit the country or Sri Lankan investigators may visit there. The government has also discussed with Australia obtaining technical support in carrying out the investigations. The best way to say that you found the home of your dreams is by finding it on Hitad.lk. We have listings for apartments for sale or rent in Sri ...
Sri Lanka: USD 2.5 million Treasury payment diverted to hackers ...
A Deputy Treasury Secretary, an accountant and an officer from the computer department alone cannot make the payments of $ 2.5 million. The Deputy Treasury Secretary (DST) and the Treasury Secretary must also be involved in this. The ultimate responsibility for public finances lies with Parliament.
Hackers have stolen nearly USD 2.5 million from Sri Lanka's Ministry ...
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