COLOMBO: Cyber criminals hacked into the Sri Lankan finance ministry's computer system and siphoned off US$2.5 million, the government said on Thursday (Apr 23), the largest amount of cash ever stolen by hackers from a state institution in the debt-saddled country. The cyberattack is a major blow to Sri Lanka, which is recovering from a crippling economic crisis in 2022 after Colombo defaulted on its US$46 billion external debt. The money was destined for debt repayment to Australia, finance

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