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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk visited Indonesia on Sunday to launch the Starlink satellite internet service in the island nation. His recent visit to the archipelago will likely pave the way for a trip to Sri Lanka, as the tech billionaire was spotted exploring opportunities for Starlink services with Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Elon Musk’s recent visit to Indonesia came days after his surprise visit to China and nearly a month after he cancelled his visit to India. Musk’s plan to visit India between April 20 and 22 was cancelled at the last moment, and there is no…
Indonesia’s transport ministry has said it would open an investigation into local airline Batik Air after two of its pilots were found to have fallen asleep during a recent flight.A pilot and co-pilot were simultaneously asleep for around 28 minutes during a flight from southeast Sulawesi to the capital Jakarta on January 25, a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) said.The incident resulted in a series of navigation errors, but the Airbus A320’s 153 passengers and four flight attendants were unharmed during the 155-minute domestic flight.The transport ministry “strongly reprimands” Batik Air over the incident, air transport…
July 23, 2024Information hallCyber espionage / Chinese hackers Organizations in Taiwan and an American non-governmental organization (NGO) based in China have been targeted by a Beijing-funded hacking group. Daggers using an advanced malware toolkit. The campaign is a sign that the group is “also engaged in domestic espionage,” Symantec’s threat-hunting team, part of Broadcom, said in a new report released today. “In the attack against this organization, attackers exploited a vulnerability in the Apache HTTP server to deliver the MgBot malware.” Daggerfly, also known as Bronze Highland and Evasive Panda, came before is observed exploiting the modular structure of the…
Jakarta Reuters — Indonesia has banned e-commerce transactions on social media platforms, the trade minister said on Wednesday, in a blow to short video app TikTok, which is doubling down on Southeast Asia’s biggest economy to boost its e-commerce business. The government said the move, which takes effect immediately, is aimed at protecting offline merchants and marketplaces, adding that predatory pricing on social media platforms is threatening small and medium-sized enterprises. The move comes just three months after TikTok pledged to invest billion of dollars in Southeast Asia, mainly in Indonesia, over the next few years in a major push…
Anyone arriving in New Zealand from Indonesia now will be required to disinfect their shoes via Biosecurity New Zealand footmats, as the government tightens border security to try keep foot-and-mouth disease out of the country. This picture taken on 29 June, 2022 shows a veterinarian administering a vaccine for foot-mouth-disease to a cow in Bandar Lampung, Lampung province. Photo: AFP It’s hoped the trial mats will reduce the risk of travellers from Indonesia bringing in the disease on their shoes, which could lead to an outbreak. Border officials in New Zealand and Australia have been on high alert since an…
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Garuda Indonesia is hosting a Sales Office Travel Fair (SOTF) from July 22 to 31, 2024, offering travel ticket discounts of up to 80% on various domestic and international destinations. This initiative is a collaboration with Bank Mandiri, which provides additional cashback for customers using their bank cards.President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Irfan Setiaputra, stated that the program reflects the airline’s commitment as the national flag carrier. “We aim to provide more affordable flight options for passengers. The public will also benefit from additional value with every flight ticket purchase, enriching their travel experience,” Irfan said in a…
July 23, 2024Information hallICS Malware / Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the ninth industrial control system (ICS) malware that was used in a disruptive cyber attack targeting an energy company in the Ukrainian city of Lviv in early January of this year. Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos named the malware FrostyGoopdescribing it as the first out-of-the-box malware strain Modbus TCP communication to sabotage operational technology (OT) networks. It was discovered by the company in April 2024. “FrostyGoop is an ICS malware written in Golang that can interact directly with Industrial Control Systems (ICS) using Modbus TCP…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (C) arrives for a meeting with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on April 30, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) (Photo by BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images)Bay Ismoyo | Afp | Getty ImagesMicrosoft on Tuesday said it will pump $1.7 billion into Indonesia over the next four years to build new cloud and AI infrastructure. The announcement came as CEO Satya Nadella met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the same day.Microsoft said the funds will also go toward training 840,000 Indonesians in AI skills and supporting the local community…
I attended a rock concert in Jakarta alone, and it was the safest I’ve ever felt at a public event. The author never felt more personal space at an event than at a concert in Jakarta. Marielle Descalsota/Insider Most concerts I’ve been to serve alcohol, but the rock concert I attended in Jakarta was dry. Instead, concert-goers were downing coffees from Starbucks and cans of Coke. Due to boozy crowds at the concerts I’d gone to in the past, I’ve often woken up with bruises from being shoved by other fans.I was initially anxious about traveling to another country to…
he Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, in cooperation with state-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), kicked off on Monday a trial of 40 percent palm oil biodiesel (B40) to power the Bogowonto train connecting Pasar Senen Station in Central Jakarta and Lempuyangan Station in Yogyakarta.Eniya Listiani Dewi, the ministry’s renewables director general, said the B40 biofuel trial aimed to test the durability of the train engine and was scheduled to last 1,200 hours, or 50 days. “Today, we held a launch ceremony for the B40 [trial] in the railway sector,” she said on Monday, as quoted by Kompas.com,…