Wednesday, 15 May 2024
New laws against cyber crime: scholarship for hacker

New laws against cyber crime: scholarship for hacker Featured

The formulation of new laws is underway under the penal code to punish cyber crime, says minister Harin Fernando.

The laws will be tabled in parliament soon, he told the media at Sirikotha yesterday (01).

Commenting on the hacking of the president’s official website, Fernando said it had been a low-security one.

The hacker, a 17-year-old schoolboy, is very good at studies, and he could even be given a scholarship, as the present government is not bent on taking revenge from anyone, he said.

During the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime, a white van would have sealed his fate, said the minister.

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