Sri Lanka, April 24 -- Minister Chandana Abeyrathne stated that a formal complaint has been lodged with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) regarding an apparent cyberattack targeting the official website of the Ministry of Public Administration.

The Minister noted that the complaint was filed through the intervention of the Ministry Secretary.

Recent reports indicate that the Ministry's website was subjected to a cyberattack, during which the perpetrators allegedly attempted to auction data obtained from the site for financial gain.

However, Minister Abeyrathne clarified that no highly sensitive information was compromised and that according to available reports, only general public information appears to have been accessed by...