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Police called to act on cyberattacks against media company Narasi
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Illustration of a cyberattack. (Reuters/Kacper Pempel)
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dvocates have deplored a series of wide-ranging and coordinated cyberattacks against journalists and employees of the media company Narasi and have urged the police to act immediately.
The attacks happened over the weekend against Narasi, which has reinforced its criticism of the government recently.
Speaking at a virtual press conference held by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) on Monday, Narasi’s head of newsroom Laban Laisila said the attacks aimed to take control of the Telegram, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts of its employees.
“There are already 24 of Narasi’s employees, not just limited to those working in the newsroom, but also in finance, human capital and the supporting staff, who have been targeted by these attacks,” said Laban. He also added that four former employees were targeted in the attack, bringing the total to 28.
Advocates decried this assault on press freedom and pushed law enforcement to not play favorites when dealing with cyberattacks.
AJI chairman Sasmito Madrim condemned this as an “assault on multiple fronts; on Narasi, on the freedom of the press and on the public as a whole”.
He added that when a journalist was attacked, the flow of information to the public was obstructed, and he encouraged law enforcement to solve this matter as quickly and as transparently as possible.
