UNRECEIVED DOCUMENTS DELAY HACKING PROBE

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team / Coordination Centre (Sri Lanka CERT|CC) said they have been unable to proceed with the next phase in their investigations on the recent hacking of some 22 government websites, as a result of a delay in some documents due to be handed over

since the hosting company of the defaced government website (North Central Provincial Council - ncp.gov.lk) was based in the US, some of the documents they requested in order to probe into the hacking, had not been sent to them yet.

by a web hosting company.

An official of the Sri Lanka CERT|CC speaking to the Daily Mirror said since the hosting company of the defaced government website (North Central Provincial Council ncp.gov.lk) was based in the US, some of the documents they requested

- in order to probe into the hacking, had not been sent to them yet. “So our investigations have been put on hold for now,” the official added.

Last week, some 22 subdomains of the North Central Provincial Council (nc.gov.lk) owned by the Sri Lanka government was defaced by an alleged group of Bangladeshi hackers, who called themselves the Bangladeshi Grey Hat Hackers (BGHH). Meanwhile, the official also said discussions have also been ongoing to consider the feasibility of bringing all state-owned websites under the Lanka Government Network (LGN) as it would be more convenient to monitor their security and other maintenance activities.

However, the decision has not still been confirmed as such a move would also involve other risks.