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For years, Indonesia has been plagued by so-called “elastic laws” – a set of bills that can see a person indicted for violating poorly defined provisions, such as defaming an individual or group, religious blasphemy, committing treason, or inciting public disorder. Activists have pointed out how the immensely vague boundaries of what constitutes “damaging someone’s reputation” or “threatening public decorum” have made these laws blunt instruments for criminalising critics and minorities. The notorious Electronic Transaction and Information Law (UU ITE), for example, has been used multiple times by politicians and police authorities to counter accusations of corruption and misconduct, while expressing…
Indonesia’s parliament passed into law a personal data protection bill JAKARTA, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament passed into law on Tuesday a personal data protection bill that includes corporate fines and up to six years imprisonment for those found to have mishandled data in the world’s fourth most populous country. The bill’s passage comes after a series of data leaks and probes into alleged breaches at government firms and institutions in Indonesia, from a state insurer, telecoms company and public utility to a contact-tracing COVID-19 app that revealed President Joko Widodo’s vaccine records. Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the bill, which…
July 1, 2024Information hallVulnerability / Network Security Juniper Networks has released out-of-band security updates to address a critical security flaw that could cause authentication to be bypassed in some routers. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-2973, has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. “An authentication bypass vulnerability using an alternate path or channel in a Juniper Networks smart router or session conductor with redundant peering allows a network attacker to bypass authentication and gain full control of the device,” the company said in a statement. said in an advisory issued last week. According to Juniper Networks, the flaw only…
Cloud provider Tencent Cloud has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) and multi-cloud and solution provider Hi Cloud to enhance customer service and transaction experiences. This collaboration marks BRI’s commitment to remain at the forefront of innovation in the Indonesia banking industry by combining Tencent Cloud’s technological knowledge with BRI’s local expertise, market understanding and adoption capabilities. “As part of BRI’s strategic approach, we aim to enhance our retail banking capabilities by exploring a range of technologies. Through collaborating with various parties, we hope to enrich use cases and gain valuable insights to develop digital capabilities,…
An international investigation has found that at least four Israeli-linked firms have been selling invasive spyware and cyber surveillance technology to Indonesia, which has no formal diplomatic ties with Israel and is the world’s most populous Muslim nation. The research by Amnesty International’s Security Lab – based on open sources including trade records, shipping data and internet scans – uncovered links between official government bodies and agencies in the Southeast Asian country and Israeli tech firms NSO, Candiru, Wintego and Intellexa, a consortium of linked firms originally founded by a former Israeli military officer, going back to at least 2017.…
The recent ransomware attack on the Data National Centre of Indonesia has highlighted the urgent requirement for strong cybersecurity measures. This paper provides a detailed analysis of preventive strategies that the Indonesian government can implement to safeguard against future ransomware threats. The recommendations encompass conducting regular security audits, updating systems, providing employee training, implementing advanced threat detection, establishing data backup protocols, and developing a comprehensive incident response plan. Regular Security Audits Regular security audits are crucial for identifying vulnerabilities in IT systems. These audits should be comprehensive, covering all aspects of the network, including software and hardware infrastructure. By conducting…
Cyberattacks in Indonesia are increasing in frequency. During the first quarter of 2022, targets in the country faced over 11.8 million cyberattacks, which cybersecurity company Kaspersky reports is a 22 percent increase from the same period in 2021. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) recorded over 1.6 billion “traffic anomalies” in 2021, according to its annual report released on March 30. Over 62 percent of the “anomalies” were attributed to malware, followed by trojan activity and phishing attempts. Furthermore, Indonesia experienced more ransomware attacks in 2021 than any other Southeast Asian country, according to an Interpol report. Despite…
Data operators could face up to five years in jail and a maximum fine of 5 billion rupiah ($337,000) for leaking or misusing private information, according to Indonesia’s new data privacy bill set to be passed by parliament this week. Institutions may collect personal information for a specific purpose but must erase the record once that purpose has been met, according to a copy of the draft law obtained by Bloomberg. Relevant parties have two years to comply with the rules once it becomes law. Source link
OpenSSH has released security updates that contain a critical security flaw that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges on glibc-based Linux systems. The vulnerability, codenamed regreSSHion, has been assigned the CVE ID CVE-2024-6387. It is located in OpenSSH server componentalso known as sshd, which is designed to listen for connections from any client application. “A race condition vulnerability in the OpenSSH (sshd) server signal handler allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) as root on glibc-based Linux systems,” said Bharat Jogi, senior director of threat research at Qualys. said in a disclosure released today. “This race condition…
Indonesia’s progress towards a sustainable future depends heavily on the crucial role of carbon capture technology in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Adopting carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is essential to capture CO2 from power plants, compress it, transport it, and store it permanently (D’Alessandro et al., 2010). Integrating carbon capture technology into existing biomass power plants in Indonesia can lead to a considerable annual reduction of up to 2.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Would substantially contribute to efforts to reduce emissions (Sutrisno et al., 2021). Moreover, CCS is widely acknowledged as a crucial technology for almost zero emissions,…