The President of the Information Technology Association Rajiv Yasiru Kuruwitage Mathew has been arrested by the CID yesterday (7).
He was arrested for publishing a false report saying that the official websites of several government ministries and institutions, including the official website of the Presidential Secretariat, had been hacked.
He had made such announcements as the President of an association called the Sri Lanka Association of Information Technology.
CID investigations into the cyber attack have revealed that no such cyber attack had taken place.
The police said that there were reports of people who had obtained information from the official websites being prevented from obtaining further information due to such false statements.
Rajiv Yasiru Kuruwita who was arrested by the CID is due to be produced before court today (8).
