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style-photography/GettyThe Indonesian government says it will not give in to ransom demands following a security breach over the past week that disrupted major public services — including immigration — causing backlogs at its international airport in Jakarta.The ransomware attack targeted a national data center, impacting more than 200 institutions across the country — including local states and several key public services — since June 20. Some of these were restored this week, such as visa and residence permit services, immigration checkpoint services, and passport services.Also: Most ransomware-hit enterprises report to authorities, but level of support variesIndonesia’s National Cyber and Crypto…
In the first quarter of 2023, BSSN took a major step in this direction with the signing of a Memorandum-of-Understanding (MoU) with Thales, a European leader in cybersecurity and world leader in data protection. In September 2022, Indonesia passed its first data protection law, inspired by the European Union’s GDPR framework, underscoring the Republic’s attention on cybersecurity. As indicated in the Presidential Regulation No. 82 of 2022 on the Protection of Vital Information Infrastructure (IIV), BSSN’s role as Indonesia’s primary cyber and signal intelligence agency is to oversee and strengthen Indonesia’s cyber security. The MoU was signed in Jakarta by…
Since late 2019, the United States (US) government raises concerns about the increasingly popular social media app, TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company, ByteDance. Concerns about TikTok were also heightened when ByteDance said it fired four employees who accessed data on journalists from Buzzfeed News and The Financial Times while attempting to track down the source of a leaked report about the company. More troublingly, the Chinese government has a “golden share” investment in ByteDance, as quoted by Bush Center. Concerns about national security Both the FBI and officials at the Federal Communications Commission considered TikTok as a…
July 2, 2024Information hallDigital regulation / Technical news Meta’s decision to offer ad-free subscriptions in the European Union (EU) has faced a fresh setback after regulators accused the social media giant of breaching the bloc’s competition rules by forcing users to choose between viewing ads or paying to avoid them. The European Commission has said that the company’s “pay or consent” advertising model is in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). “This binary choice forces users to consent to the pooling of their personal data and does not provide them with a less personalized but equivalent version of Meta’s…
Total funding into Indonesia tech startups plunged 64 percent to $191 million in the first half of 2024, compared with $526 million in the first half of 2023, Tracxn said Tuesday. The global software as a service (SaaS)-based market intelligence platform said in its “Geo Semi-Annual Report: Indonesia Tech H1 2024” that in the dynamic landscape of Indonesia’s tech startup ecosystem, first half has been marked by notable shifts in funding and market activities. Indonesia, ranking 29th globally in funding as of the first half 2024, has demonstrated resilience amidst global economic challenges. The total funding raised by the Indonesia…
“The Workshop was conducted under the aegis of Headquarters Southern Naval Command and witnessed participation of delegates from the three participating Navies,” the release addedDuring the workshop, Talks were also delivered by RAdm Upal Kundu, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Southern Naval Command and RAdm Susheel Menon, Flag Officer Sea Training. Photo credit: PIBANI Asia The second edition of India, Australia, Indonesia Trilateral Maritime Security Workshop (TMSW) concluded on Friday after discussing the ongoing maritime security challenges and opportunities for collaboration between the three maritime neighbours in the region. “The theme of the workshop was ‘Indian Ocean Region: Collaborative Efforts to…
The head of Indonesia’s state Cyber and Crypto agency (BSSSN). Hinsa Siburian, confirmed Monday that the National Data Center (PDN) of the Ministry of Communication and Information in Indonesia was disrupted by a ransomware attack on June 20, local media reported.According to Siburian, the ransomware used is the kind of cyber attack that infects a server and encrypts all the data stored on it. This is followed by the victim, here the Indonesian government, being blackmailed in exchange for the key to unlock the data. The hackers are now asking, through the use of the dark web, for $8 million…
MAUMERE, Indonesia, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — To foster a more digitally proficient society, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications and Informatics, in collaboration with the National Digital Literacy Movement Siberkreasi, organizes Digital Literacy Week. A thousand participants from various backgrounds in Sikka attended the one-day workshop titled “Understanding Personal Data in the Digital Space,” held offline on 24 May 2023 at the Sikka Convention Center. East Nusa Tenggara (26/05) – Speakers (Yohannes De Brito Nanto, Khemal Andrias, Rini Kartini, and Fransiskus Roberto Diogo) with the workshop participants in Sikka during the Digital Literacy Week as part of the #MakinCakapDigital campaign by…
By Adinova Fauri , Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) IndonesiaConsidering the rapid advancement of digital technologies coupled with market externalities, consumer protection and data privacy has become key issues for governments to pay heed to. With the exploitation of data on the rise, Indonesia’s timely success in enacting the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Law warrants credit.With the PDP Law passed on 17 October 2022 by Indonesia’s President and House of Representatives (DPR), Indonesia joins neighboring nations such as Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and many other countries who have PDP Laws in place. This act demonstrates the government’s urgency…
July 2, 2024Information hallHardware Security / Vulnerability Current processors from Intel, including Raptor Lake and Alder Lake, have been found to be vulnerable to a new side-channel attack that can be used to leak sensitive information from the processors. A code-named attack Director by security researchers Louis Lee, Hossein Yavarzadeh, and Dean Tallsen exploits vulnerabilities discovered in the Indirect Branch Predictor (IBP) and Branch Target Buffer (BTB) to bypass existing defenses and compromise the security of processors. “The indirect branch predictor (IBP) is a hardware component of modern processors that predicts the target addresses of indirect branches,” the researchers note.…