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Teen held for hacking Sri Lankan President's website to postpone exams

<p>The attack was carried out as a call to draw attention to the varsity students&rsquo; problems</p>

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Colombo: A 17-year-old student was arrested for allegedly hacking President Maithripala Sirisena’s official website last week, calling for postponement of A-level examinations. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Sri Lanka arrested the boy, a resident of Kandy, the Colombo Page reported. President’s media division gathered the information on the cyber-attack and reported it to the CID.

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