Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – A ransomware scare has, once again, rung alarm bells surrounding the state of Indonesia's digital security, which analysts warn has seen little improvement despit
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October 26, 2024
Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Muhammad Qodari, the Deputy Chief of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP), assured that KSP's data was not hacked by cybercriminals, following concerns raised about
October 23, 2024
Jakarta – The much-awaited Personal Data Protection (PDP) Law has formally come into force after being enacted in 2022 to allow people more control over their personal information onlin
October 17, 2024
Antara, Jakarta – Bali Regional Police Cyber Crime Directorate states that the cybercrime perpetrator in Denpasar purchased 300,000 pieces of personal data from the dark web for Rp25 mi
October 16, 2024
Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, said the dismissal of Budi Gunawan from his position as the Head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) was upon the request
Sella Rizky Deviani, Jakarta – The House of Representatives accepted Wednesday the nomination of Muhammad Herindra as the head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), replacing Budi Gun
October 2, 2024
Hariz Baharudin, Jakarta – Indonesia is strengthening its digital defences by establishing a new cyber force, Angkatan Siber, which will become the fourth branch of the military, alongs
September 24, 2024
Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – A contract teacher from Banyuwangi, identified as Barik Abdul Ghofur, 25, has been arrested for hacking into the National Civil Service Agency (BKN) website an
Antara, Jakarta – The launch of Indonesia's National Data Center (PDN) 2 in Surabaya, originally planned for October 2024, faces delays due to budget constraints, Deputy Minister of Com
September 17, 2024
Yokie Rahmad Isjchwansyah – In response to the recent hacking of TNI Strategic Intelligence Agency data in June 2024, the TNI commander, General Agus Subiyanto, declared that he would e
August 17, 2024
Jakarta – Indonesia should set up a cyber force as the fourth branch of its military, People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo proclaimed in his address at the annu
August 16, 2024
Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) should establish a fourth branch dedicated to combating the growing global threats in cyberspace, People's Consultative Assembly (
August 9, 2024
Yanuar Nugroho – A recent ransomware attack on Indonesia's public services revealed weaknesses that the country can ill afford to ignore if it wishes to fully participate in the digital
Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – The Communication and Information Technology Ministry reported that 90 percent of government services disrupted by the June 20 data breach at the Tempor
August 6, 2024
Jakarta – A group of consumers filed a lawsuit against Communications and Information Minister Budi Arie Setiadi with the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) for his perceived fai
July 22, 2024
Singgih Wiryono, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has revealed the discovery that the Indonesian police have purchased spyware from Israel through a third party, na
July 12, 2024
Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – Cybersecurity expert Alfons Tanujaya has called for a decisive response from the government to online gambling operators who have hacked government websites in
July 11, 2024
Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – Several websites belonging to the central and local governments were compromised by hackers on Thursday in what appears to be a retaliatory attack against
Jakarta – Indonesia said it is beginning to recover data that had been encrypted in a major ransomware attack last month which affected more than 160 government agencies.
Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – As public anger over the failure to prevent the ransomware attack on a temporary national data center facility in late June starts to wane, experts and civil g
July 9, 2024
Jakarta – What an anticlimactic end to the hyped cyberattack on Indonesia's frail data system.
July 8, 2024
Emmanuel Kure, Jakarta – A former employee of Lintasarta, a subsidiary of cellular operator Indosat, is alleged to have breached the second backup server of the national data center in
July 6, 2024
Herman, Jakarta – A document containing usernames and passwords for accessing virtual cloud data at the Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) 2, which was hacked on June 20, has surface
Semarang – The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) comprises three branches: the Indonesian Army (TNI AD), Indonesian Navy (TNI AL), and Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU).
July 4, 2024
Bella Evanglista, Jakarta – Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, the Director General of Informatics Applications at the Communications and Informatics Ministry, resigned from his position in th
Afron Mandala Putra, Jakarta – Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) confirmed that it has attempted to use the decryption key provided by the Brain Cipher rans
Laura Dobberstein – Brain Cipher, the group responsible for hacking into Indonesia's Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) and disrupting the country's services, has seemingly apologize
July 2, 2024
Hariz Baharudin, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Informatics has apologised repeatedly for June's ransomware attack that has crippled some government services amid m
Mochamad Azhar – Users' carelessness provided hackers the loophole to cripple the Temporary National Data Centre-2 where only two per cent of the data was backed up.
July 1, 2024
Jakarta – Indonesia's Communications and Informatics Minister Budi Arie Setiadi is facing growing calls to resign following an ongoing ransomware attack on the country's national data c
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ordered on Friday an audit of government data centres after officials said the bulk of data affected by a recent ransomware cyberattack was not
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Deputy Chairman of Commission III of Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Ahmad Sahroni responded to the recent hacking experienced by the temporary N
June 28, 2024
Jakarta – The bulk of Indonesian government data affected by a recent ransomware cyber attack was not backed up, officials said, in an incident that has exposed the lack of preparations
Bella Evanglista, Antara, Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has confirmed that immigration data services, now hosted on Amazon Web Service (AWS) following a cyberatt
Aisyah Amira Wakang, Jakarta – Minister of Communications and Informatics (Kominfo) Budi Arie Setiadi said he is planning to make a regulation requiring all ministries and institutions
June 27, 2024
Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SafeNET) has launched a petition on the change.org website calling for Communication and Information Technol
Agencies, Jakarta – More than 40 agencies, including the ministry overseeing immigration, were impacted by a cyberattack on the country's data centers, an official said on Wednesday.
Jakarta – Indonesians are so used to their data being stolen by hackers at this point that most of the time they simply shrug it off, keep calm and carry on.
Yustinus Patris Paat, Jakarta – Following a ransomware attack that compromised the national data center and crippled the immigration service, Communication and Informatics Minister Budi
Eka Yudha Saputra, Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Ministry of Communications and Information (Kominfo) assured the country's digital transformation efforts will not be deterred by
June 26, 2024
Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's temporary National Data Center (PDN), managed by the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) and Telkom Sigma, was compromised by a ra
June 25, 2024
Ruth Dea Juwita and Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – The government announced on Monday that a cyberattack using a new variant of ransomware was responsible for data disruptions at two tempora
Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military's (TNI) Strategic Intelligence Agency (Bais) is suspected of being hacked, according to initial reports from an X account known for monitoring
Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – The government will not pay the US$8 million ransom demanded by attackers responsible for the ransomware attack at two temporary National Data Center (PDN) fac
Raden Putri, Jakarta – Indonesia's Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) 2 has been experiencing disruptions since Thursday, June 20, 2024.
Aryo Putranto Saptohutomo, Jakarta – The government has been advised to involve professional people in managing digital services and cyber security in Indonesia so that it is effective
May 9, 2024
Jakarta – The surreptitious purchase of surveillance devices is a threat to democracy and people's rights to privacy. It is also prone to embezzlement and abuse.
May 8, 2024
Resty Woro Yuniar – Indonesia's rights groups are calling for transparency from the government after a new investigation accused the nation's law enforcement agencies of purchasing "hig
May 3, 2024
Laura Dobberstein – Indonesia has acquired spyware and surveillance technologies through a "murky network" that extends into Israel, Greece, Singapore and Malaysia for equipment sourcin