Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry

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.