The CID has arrested a man in connection with issuing a false statement about a cyber attack. The Police Media Spokesman stated that the false statement had been issued stating that a massive cyber attack had been carried out on several websites of government institutions including the Presidential Secretariat and the Ministry of External Affairs. Accordingly, the suspect has been arrested last evening (07) and he had issued the statement as the chairman of an organization called the Sri Lanka Association of Information Technology, the police spokesman added. The statement further stated that the cyber attack was carried out on the websites of the relevant institutions due to non-compliance with the statements issued by him. Meanwhile, the Police Headquarters has issued a statement urging the public to refrain from using social media networks to spread false information in an organized or private manner or to support or support the dissemination of such information.

Source: The Nation June 08, 2021 09:56 UTC