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Seabed ghost that hit SLT’s cyberspace operations
Six days after a seabed cable was damaged, shutting down 800,000 Sri Lanka Telecom customers from cyberspace, the SLT that suffered a loss of Rs. 500 million, is unable to collect the damages.

The reason -- the SLT does not know who caused the damage. Initially, the SLT accused an Indian vessel, MV State of Nagaland, of causing the damage and went to courts seeking the detention of the vessel, but three days later, it informed the Sri Lanka Navy that the vessel could be released as SLT did not have sufficient evidence to prove that the Indian ship was responsible for the damage.

Navy Spokesman Jayantha Perera told The Sunday Times he had been informed by SLT that it would be withdrawing the case due to lack of evidence. By Friday, six days after the cable was damaged, Sri Lanka Telecom announced that the internet and email services were restored.

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