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View all search resultsSpeaking 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.
With 98 percent of all affected data having been rendered inaccessible without any backups, analysts said that the government would have no choice but to recollect it from scratch, a move that could cost a fortune and require extensive labor.
Communications and Information Minister Budi Arie Setiadi faced hours of intense questioning from House of Representatives members on Thursday who were seeking clarity on a recent cyberattack on temporary national data center (PDN) facilities and the recovery steps needed to fix the nationwide disruption it caused.
Indonesians are still being affected by last week’s ransomware attack on a temporary national data center (PDN) that disrupted public services, with some calling for the government to take responsibility for failing to properly secure their personal data.
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