10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake

New Democratic Front· National List· 22 May 2026 ·Debate: Ministerial Statement: Cybersecurity Incidents and Response

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Ravi Karunanayake warned that cybercrime poses a serious national risk and referred to reported cyberattacks on two commercial banks. He identified NDB as one affected bank and said he would not name the other because it had not yet publicly disclosed the incident.

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¶ 01 Otherwise, we will have to express the condolence of the country over cybercrimes.

¶ 02 So, Sir, there had been two accounts of attacks on two commercial banks. One is, the NDB and the other is another commercial bank. I would not name it because that bank has not revealed it to the public as yet.

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Hansard, Friday, 22 May 2026 ·No. 23666 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 May 2026. No. 23666. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16950