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Minister apologizes for ransomware attack on national data center
Communications and Information Minister Budi Arie Setiadi reiterated on Monday the ministry’s apology for the cyberattack on a temporary national data center (PDN) facility, following mounting public pressure for the minister to step down.
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Communications and Information Minister Budi Arie Setiadi (center) sits on June 27, 2024, during a meeting about the Brain Cipher ransomware attack on the temporary National Data Center (PDN) facilities with House of Representatives Commission I overseeing communications and information, at the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta. (Antara/Dhemas Reviyanto)
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ommunications and Information Minister Budi Arie Setiadi reiterated on Monday the ministry’s apology for the cyberattack on a temporary national data center (PDN) facility, following mounting public pressure on the minister to quit his job.
Budi has faced growing calls to step down after a ransomware attack on the data center facility in Surabaya, East Java, on June 20 caused nationwide disruption to services connected to the server.
The attack was carried out with Brain Cipher, an updated version of the LockBit 3.0 ransomware allegedly used for the hit on sharia lender Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI) last year.
Only five of 282 central and regional government’s administration databases have been restored as of Monday, nearly two weeks after the disruption. Budi said last Thursday at the House of Representatives that the ministry aimed to recover all affected databases by the second week of August.
But the ministry already missed its earlier target to recover at least 18 administrations’ databases by the end of June.
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In an event with the media on Monday, Budi reiterated the ministry’s apology which was first extended to the public on June 22.
