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View all search resultsAs 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 groups have urged the government to be transparent about its progress in recovering the impacted databases.
Brain Cipher, the hacking operation behind a recent ransomware attack against the government's temporary national data center in Surabaya, East Java, published the decryption key on its dark web site along with the steps to use it, fulfilling its promise to release the data for free.
Speaking to reporters on the sideline of the inauguration of an EV battery manufacturing facility in West Java on Wednesday, Jokowi said that a thorough audit on the management of government data center is still ongoing and that the key priority today was the backing up of all data stored by government agencies.
Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Hadi Tjahjanto says the country has made "significant progress" on cybersecurity, even though less than one third of all regional administrations have tech response teams for cyberattacks.
The recent ransomware attack targeting Indonesia's National Data Center serves as a stark reminder that governments worldwide need to ramp-up efforts to prevent and mitigate cyberattacks through a multidimensional approach with a focus on critical sectors.
Pressure has grown for Communications and Information Minister Budi Arie Setiadi to resign from his position following the ministry's perceived failure to prevent and mitigate the impacts of ransomware attacks that have been disrupting hundreds of services since June 20.
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