Sri Lanka, April 23 -- Deputy Minister of Finance Dr. Anil Jayantha said that the hackers who had fraudulently obtained funds to be made to the Australian Export Finance Agency, had also attempted to obtain funds associated with a payment to be made to India as well.

The Minister said the fraud came to light after they attempted to obtain funds to be made to India.

He said a suspicion arose due to the constant change of the account numbers connected to the payments and that a complaint was made to the Sri Lanka Police Cyber Crimes Investigation Division and the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team (SLCERT) to probe the matter.

The Minister said a lengthy investigation was carried out which traced the debt repayment since the debt...