CID Has Arrested A 17 Year Old School Boy For Hacking President's Official Web Site

The Crimes Investigations Department(CID) officials have today (29) arrested a 17 year old youth for hacking the official web site of president Maithripala Sirisena at Kadugannawa area.

The president's official web site www.president.gov.lk was hacked for two consecutive days on  last Thursday (25) and Friday(26).

A message has seen posted to the web site under the title "The Sri Lankan Youth"made some demands to the government including a request to reconsider the government's decision to hold G.C.E Advanced Level examination in April instead of August as it will affect new year holidays.

CID has launched an investigation to probe on the cyber crime with detectives attached to CID who specialize in  cyber crime it has been reported.