Head of Sri Lanka’s state gas company arrested over Taiwan bank hacking

By APD writer Easwaran

COLOMBO, Oct. 9 (APD) – The head of Sri Lanka’s a government owned gas company was arrested by the police on Monday over the hacking of a Taiwan bank.

Litro Gas chairman Shalila Moonesinghe was arrested over the hacking of a Far Eastern International Bank in Taiwan.

Moonesinghe was arrested by the police criminal investigations department after US$1.1 million from the Far Eastern International Bank in Taiwan was found in his personal bank account.

Far Eastern International Bank was hacked by means of a computer virus and some US$60 million was wired to the accounts of the suspects at a Sri Lanka bank.

Two suspects were arrested last week in Sri Lanka when they tried to withdraw the money, and police were looking for a third person.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)