{"id":2751,"date":"2025-01-17T09:34:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T04:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=2751"},"modified":"2025-01-17T09:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T04:04:20","slug":"sri-lanka-cert-alerts-on-spike-in-scams-through-sms-and-phone-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=2751","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka CERT alerts on spike in scams through SMS and phone calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SL CERT) has issued a warning to the public regarding fraudulent text messages (SMS) and phone calls claiming to offer monetary rewards or prizes.<\/p>\n<p>SL CERT\u2019s Senior Information Engineer, Charuka Damunupola, highlighted the prevalence of such fake communications targeting mobile phone users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently, we have seen an increase in fake messages and calls. These scams often claim that you have won prizes, offer discounts, advertise work-from-home opportunities, or promise overseas jobs. We urge the public to be vigilant and avoid sharing personal information through such channels,\u201d Damunupola cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>He also provided an update on the recent cyberattack that disrupted the Government Printing Department\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have identified several vulnerabilities in the website that may have enabled this cyberattack. Our team is working to address these weaknesses, and we aim to restore the website and make it accessible to the public as soon as possible,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SL CERT) has issued a warning to the public regarding fraudulent text messages (SMS) and phone calls claiming&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadstories","category-local","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sri Lanka CERT alerts on spike in scams through SMS and phone calls - ceylontribune<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=2751\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sri Lanka CERT alerts on spike in scams through SMS and phone calls - 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