6:23 AM PDT · April 29, 2026
Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that a payment of about $625,000 (about 199.7 million Sri Lankan rupees) to the U.S. Postal Service has been missing for several weeks, after U.S. officials reported that the payment had failed to arrive, reports local media.
Authorities detected the incident after hackers allegedly tried to divert another payment intended for India.
Australian officials are reportedly aware of irregularities in payments owed to the country, suggesting that the Sri Lankan thefts could be broader than first thought.
The disclosure comes days after Sri Lankan officials said they were probing the theft of $2.5 million by a hacker who had targeted the country’s finance ministry.
