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View all search resultsThe General Elections Commission (KPU) is facing pressure to assure the security of its digital system, following an alleged data breach observers said could undermine the upcoming election and erode public confidence in the legitimacy of a fair competition.
In recent years, Indonesia's critical infrastructure systems have been targeted by a wide range of cyberthreats that usually aim to gain control of and deny access to critical systems, or to encrypt, delete or steal important data in the systems.
The General Elections Commission (KPU) needs to closely follow the Personal Data Protection Law to make sure that the voter's personal information stored in the database is safe from breaches from outside hackers, says the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (Elsam) human rights group.
The breach of 34.9 million passport holders' data, while unconfirmed, points to the urgent need for an independent and strong oversight agency to protect Indonesians' personal data, especially data held at public institutions, a cybersecurity expert says.
The country’s largest sharia bank, without either confirming or denying last Tuesday’s alleged data breach, has said its customers’ data and funds are safe and that it is working with the authorities on the incident.
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