Sri Lanka's finance ministry has disclosed multiple cyberattacks via business email compromise (BEC), including a $2.5M theft and a $625K missing payment to the U.S. Postal Service. Hackers manipulated payment routing across government accounts. Australian officials report similar payment irregularities, suggesting a broader campaign.
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Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry
Coordinated business email compromise attacks stole $2.5M from Sri Lanka's finance ministry and manipulated payment routing across government systems, with parallel attacks on Australian officials suggesting a sophisticated, multi-country infrastructure sabotage campaign.
Thursday, April 30, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline
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