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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia and Australia held high-level talks in Jakarta on Friday as the neighboring countries seek to strengthen security ties by signing a defense cooperation agreement in the coming months.Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, who is set to become Indonesia’s next leader, said that he and Australian counterpart Richard Marles discussed ways of maintaining and enhancing the good relationship between the two nations. Subianto said that Indonesia and Australia hope to sign a “very significant” defense cooperation agreement within two or three months. No details about the agreement have been provided.Marles described the pact as “the single deepest…
Moving to more substantive reasons, both India and Indonesia may be using spyware both in domestic and international cyber operations. Consequently, they might not want to adopt a clear position on restricting commercial intrusion capabilities just yet. Recent reports indicate that India-affiliated hackers have used spyware to target actors based in Pakistan. Further, there are allegations that India bought the Pegasus spyware from Israel’s NSO group and used it against journalists and opposition leaders. Indonesian authorities have also been suspected of using commercial spyware to spy on opposition leaders and activists. Third, in terms of morals, neither country views surveillance…
July 8, 2024Information hallPrivacy / Internet Censorship Apple removed a number of virtual private network (VPN) apps in Russia from its App Store on July 4, 2024, following a request from Russia’s state communications agency Roskomnadzor, Russian media reported. This includes the mobile apps of 25 VPN service providers, including ProtonVPN, Red Shield VPN, NordVPN, and Le VPN. respectively in MediaZona. It should be noted that NordVPN previously closed all its Russian servers in March 2019. “Apple’s actions, motivated by the desire to preserve revenues from the Russian market, actively support an authoritarian regime,” — Red Shield VPN said in…
KARAWANG, Indonesia — Indonesia’s first battery plant opened its doors on Wednesday, marking a major milestone in the country’s efforts to build a complete EV manufacturing ecosystem.The plant in Karawang, West Java province, was developed by HLI Green Power, a joint venture between South Korean battery producer LG Energy Solution and carmaker Hyundai Motor that will also operate the facility. Source link
Jakarta. Indonesia once again urged the UN Security Council to take firm action against Israel, saying that the Israeli attack on a UN-run school in Gaza should have been the body’s wake-up call. Indonesia also demanded the same thing from countries supporting Israel, although Jakarta does not say who they are specifically referring to. Israeli forces over the weekend had launched an airstrike on Al-Jaouni school in central Gaza. The school was sheltering displaced Palestinian families. Palestinian officials reported that the attack had killed 16 people, while Israel claimed that the attack was targeting militants. In a foreign ministerial statement, Indonesia…
Powerful and invasive foreign commercial spyware and surveillance products are being procured by or deployed in Indonesia, with the country’s national police and cyber agency among the top recipients or users of the technology. The findings, released Thursday by Amnesty International’s Security Lab, uncover a sprawling international ecosystem of vendors, brokers and resellers supporting spyware exports to Indonesia. That ecosystem is populated in part by notorious commercial surveillance companies Intellexa, Candiru and Q Cyber Technologies, which is tied to the NSO Group, the company behind the highly invasive Pegasus spyware. Shadowy commercial networks obscured the exports of the surveillance technology…
June 26, 2024Information hallCyber attack / malware Criminals with suspected ties to China and North Korea have been linked to ransomware and data encryption attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure sectors around the world between 2021 and 2023. While one activity cluster was associated with ChamelGang (aka CamoFei), the second cluster overlaps with activities previously attributed to Chinese and North Korean state-sponsored groups, cybersecurity firms SentinelOne and Recorded Future said in a joint report shared with The Hacker News. This includes the ChamelGang attacks targeting the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the President of Brazil in 2022…
Yogyakarta, Indonesia–(Newsfile Corp. – May 5, 2024) – LawBank Asia, a leading company in the field of legal artificial intelligence (AI) technology in Southeast Asia, today announced an ambitious strategic initiative. LawBank Asia will allocate funds aimed at acquiring and investing in technology companies and financial institutions in Indonesia. This move not only expands the company’s business scope and consolidates its leadership position in the field of legal technology, but also reflects its firm confidence in the regional market.The Emerging Legal Tech Pioneer LawBank Asia’s Ambitious Move: Reveals Indonesia Strategic Investment and Acquisition PlanTo view an enhanced version of this…
Jakarta. Indonesia is urging the UN Security Council to immediately help de-escalate the Middle East tension following Iran’s explosive retaliatory attacks on Israel. Jakarta also calls on all parties to exercise restraint to prevent further escalation. “Indonesia urges the UN Security Council to act immediately to de-escalate tensions and continue working towards lasting peace in the Middle East, including by ending the illegal occupation of Palestine and various violations of international law by Israel,” a statement by the Foreign Affairs Ministry reads. Also, Indonesia underlined the need to achieve the so-called “two-state solution”, which sees Israel and Palestine living side…
Telkom Indonesia announced on Thursday that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with cybersecurity firm F5 to collaborate on cybersecurity services and strengthen Telkom’s own security capabilities. Under the strategic collaboration deal, which was signed on Monday, Telkom Indonesia and F5 will work together to provide comprehensive cybersecurity services to organisations in Indonesia via Telkom’s B2B Digital IT Services arm. Telkom’s strategic portfolio director Budi Setyawan Wijaya said the partnership aims to “strengthen Telkom Group’s capabilities as the main digital telco of choice in Indonesia, especially in the field of cyber security” and other digital offerings. Adam…