Hacking of President’s website: teen put on probation
August 30, 2016 03:05 pm
The teen, who was arrested on the allegation of hacking the official website of the President, has put on probation while the other individual was remanded, Ada Derana reporter said.
The order was issued when the suspects were produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate this afternoon.
They will be produced in the Court again on 2 September.
Police have arrested a 17-year-old teenager and a 26-year-old man for hacking into President Maithripala Sirisena’s official website and posting a message calling for the postponement of A-level examinations.
The suspects were taken into custody under the Computer Crimes Act and on conviction faces a fine of 300,000 rupees ($2,000) and up to three years in jail.
The attacker had removed the home page of the website and replaced it with a demand that the President postpone the ongoing GCE Advanced Level examinations or step down. Sri Lankan websites had been hacked in the past, but this was the first time that a teenager had been arrested under the Computer Crimes Act of 2007.
