Keheliya says Sri Lanka has talented hackers

Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says Sri Lanka has talented hackers.

He noted that a young boy had hacked the Facebook page of former President Maithripla Sirisena.

Rambukwella said the boy is a resident of Kandy and was pardoned by then President Sirisena.

“That child also worked with me for some time,” he said.

The Minister said that a young boy had also hacked into a cash-on-delivery system of the Postal Department.

He said the child had the opportunity to steal a lot of money.

However, he said the boy had said he wanted to alert the authorities that the system was not secure.

“We did not punish the boy,” he said.

Rambukwella said that Sri Lanka has such talented people. (Easwaran Rutnam)