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80 Sri Lankan government websites face potential cybersecurity risks, researcher warns
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1 min readFrom 1 outlets- Newswire says the sites span ministries, provinces, municipal councils, health institutions and state-owned utilities and companies.
- Newswire reports that two severe PHP vulnerabilities were disclosed on October 21 and could allow remote control of a website’s underlying computer without a password.
- Newswire says 61 of the 80 sites use PHP versions whose makers stopped providing fixes years ago.
- Newswire reports that Hattotuwa wrote to Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa about the findings.
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