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ReadMe is your guide to the Sri Lankan Startup & Tech industry. We give you unparalleled insights, accurate, local tech news, thoughtful features and sometimes scathing opinions on where things are headed.

01/05/2025

Responding to the recent data breach reports circulating on social media, Wishque clarifies that the leaked data is merely a test database the company used for development purposes. However, the company also acknowledged that this data dump includes "limited real customer data."

Sri Lankan eCommerce platform Wishque reportedly suffered a data breach early April. Now, the company is denying the claims online.

24/04/2025

Following the recent move to pay traffic fines online with GovPay, there have been talks about the impact on Sri Lanka Post and digitalization. So it's worth asking, where does this leave the Postal Department amid today's digitalization efforts?

How is Sri Lanka Post coping amid digitalization efforts like GovPay? What does the road ahead look like for the institution?

18/04/2025

Uber has officially expanded its Women Rider Preference feature to Sri Lanka, allowing women drivers to accept ride requests only from women.

Uber Sri Lanka has expanded its Women Rider Preference feature to Sri Lanka, allowing women drivers to request only women passengers.

16/04/2025

A few days ago, GovPay officially expanded its platform for online traffic fine payments. Now, the United Postal Trade Unions Front is raising concerns over potential revenue loss for the department.

As GovPay opens up online payments for traffic fines, Sri Lanka Post is already raising concerns over revenue loss.

07/04/2025

Likely the biggest data breach in Sri Lanka, with almost 2TB of data exposed. However, audit reports from 2024 already warned Cargills Bank about its abysmal cybersecurity infrastructure and potential risk of security breaches.

Following the biggest data breach in Sri Lanka to date, leaked documents show the bank was already warned of a Cargills data breach last year.

12/02/2025

Last year, ICTA announced GovPay, a platform to streamline government service payments. Now, the project has moved to full implementation as the Sri Lankan government officially launched GovPay. Here's a brief rundown.

The Government of Sri Lanka finally transitioned its GovPay project to full implementation, streamlining payments to a single platform.

10/02/2025

Someone decided that they will spend a few dollars every year to make sure some of the web traffic to Sajith Premadasa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa will go to Hiru TV and the Department of Prisons. Whoever you are, well played.

Two domain names under Sajith Premadasa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa exist solely to redirect traffic to other corners of the internet.

06/02/2025

Nothing is as it seems

There have been excitement over the prospect of Nothing Sri Lanka. However, now many are questioning its legitimacy. Here's what we know.

07/01/2025

Now this sounds familiar🤔

As with previous announcements over the years, TRCSL announced plans to block unregistered SIM-enabled/IMEI devices in Sri Lanka.

04/01/2025

Nothing inspires confidence in government services like the Sri Lanka Police asking the public to sideload a surveillance-based apk, with little to no data privacy assurances.

Amid data privacy concerns, Sri Lanka Police recently (re)launched its e-traffic app to get people to report on traffic violations.

12/12/2024

What does it take for a freelancer to connect with other like-minded freelancers in Sri Lanka? As it turns out, the answer is to host your own dedicated space.

What does it take for a freelancer to connect with other freelancers? The answer for Zainab Idris was simple – host your own meetup.

29/11/2024

Until recently, eChannelling hosted a publicly accessible page that let anyone extract sensitive patient data from its site, potentially compromising thousands of users. These searchable data included personally identifiable information such as name, national ID, and phone number, along with hospital appointment dates, location, and consultant details.

Mobitel-owned eChannelling website had a recently-patched vulnerability that let anyone look up personal patient data from its database.

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