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🚨 CRITICAL DATA BREACH ALERT – SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT 🇱🇰
A forum moderator known as wh6ami (active on BreachForums) has allegedly breached the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government (https://t.co/l2UIDegD3i).
‼️🇱🇰 Data from the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government of Sri Lanka has allegedly been breached and put up for sale on a popular cybercrime forum.
‣ Threat Actor: wh6ami
‣ Category: Data Breach / Data Sale
‣ Victim: Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
‣ Industry: Government
The threat actor, a forum moderator, claims to have breached the government portal that serves as the primary resource for public officers and the general public, providing access to official documents, the Establishments Code, Public Administration Circulars, recruitment information, and Efficiency Bar Examinations.
The leak allegedly contains:
▪️ Full names (first and last, initials)
▪️ Email addresses (personal and work)
▪️ Phone numbers (mobile, office, home)
▪️ Physical addresses (home and work)
▪️ National ID numbers (NIC)
▪️ Job titles and designations
▪️ Employer names and department details
▪️ Usernames and hashed passwords
▪️ User registration dates and last activity timestamps
▪️ Internal government circulars and service minutes (PDF files)
Samples provided include latest documents, personal data of civil servants (5,000 rows), circulars, and user data. The asking price is $200.
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The video shows rubble from the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran (Feb 28, 2026), with a journalist displaying debris labeled as US-origin (e.g., contract markings, possible missile parts) and accusing the US of deliberate genocide. It intercuts this with clips of Trump and Hegseth blaming Iran.
Independent reporting (NYT, WaPo, Reuters, AP, satellite imagery, Tomahawk missile video verified by experts) concludes the strike was by US forces targeting an adjacent IRGC naval base. The school was hit in the process; death toll ~165-180, mostly children. US denies intent, calls it under investigation; Trump attributes to Iran. No Israeli role confirmed in this strike.
The NYT cites a verified video (from Iranian Mehr News, analyzed by Bellingcat) showing a Tomahawk cruise missile—used only by the US—striking an IRGC naval base next to the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls' school in Minab on Feb 28. Satellite imagery confirms precision damage to the base area, with the school hit simultaneously. Iranian reports: ~168-175 dead, mostly children 7-12.
US: Trump says "done by Iran" due to inaccuracy; Pentagon investigating, denies deliberate targeting. Leaks to Reuters/WSJ: US forces likely responsible as collateral.
Iran: Calls it deliberate US/Israel war crime. UN experts demand probe. Evidence points to strike on military target; full facts pending investigation.
Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.
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