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View all search resultsAs the clock ticks ever closer to the October deadline for establishing a cyber privacy agency, a new hacking incident on a civil service database has allegedly posted millions of stolen data for sale on the dark web.
In past cases of data theft, there were few immediate consequences, such as when the account details of 15 million customers of the country's biggest Islamic lender, Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI), were published online last year or when, in 2021, a flaw in the Health Ministry's COVID-19 app exposed the personal data and health status of 1.3 million people.
The government was rightly hailed for passing the 2022 data protection law, but as the country continues in its digital transformation and the world whirls amid rapid technological advancements, the next administration needs to take a wider look, including national security, at guaranteeing data privacy as a fundamental right.
A new pact to facilitate the safe transfer of EU citizens' personal data to the United States might not come into force in time to avoid a suspension of Facebook's transatlantic data flows, the US firm's lead European regulator said on Tuesday.
The government is back in the spotlight for failing to protect citizens’ data following an alleged breach of COVID-19 tracking app PeduliLindungi – the second apparent hack of a state database since a national privacy law was enacted in October.
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