Cargills Bank PLC has filed legal action in Sri Lanka to prevent the circulation of data allegedly stolen during a recent cyberattack, the lender said in a statement yesterday.
The bank lodged a petition on April 04, at the Chief Magistrate’s Court of Colombo, under Section 24 of Online Safety Act No. 9 of 2024. The internet service providers in Sri Lanka and Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) have been named as respondents in the case.
Following a hearing, the TRCSL was directed to block access to the websites and social media accounts disseminating the compromised data, according to the statement.
Geeth Karunarathna, Manujaya De Silva and Nisal Dulmith represented Cargills Bank in the proceedings. The next court hearing is scheduled for April 21.
Last month (March), an unauthorised party claimed to have accessed and published certain data belonging to the bank. An ongoing investigation has since confirmed that some of the bank’s information is among the exposed data.
In a disclosure to the Colombo Stock Exchange on April 03, the bank assured that all banking services continue to operate normally and that the customers can conduct transactions with confidence.