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PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian security forces on Sunday killed two suspected militants with ties to the Islamic State group who were believed to be connected to the killing of Christian farmers on Sulawesi island, the country’s military said.The two men, identified as Rukli and Ahmad Gazali, were fatally shot during a pre-dawn raid by a five-man team of military and police in Central Sulawesi province’s mountainous Parigi Moutong district, said Maj. Gen. Richard Tampubolon, who heads the joint operation. Parigi Moutong borders Poso district, considered an extremist hotbed in the province.Security operations in Central Sulawesi have intensified in recent…
Jakarta: The Eid Al-Fitr exodus is an annual affair for Indonesians, but this year the number of commuters is breaking past records, police said on Saturday, as some 193 million people leave the country’s cities to celebrate the Islamic holiday with families. Locally known as “mudik,” the mass homecoming in the Muslim-majority nation of 270 million is one of the world’s greatest movements of people, with travelers braving enormous jams, thousands of kilometers and exhaustion to make it home for the holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. More than 123 million people took part…
Between 11 to 14 August 2020, WHO supported the Ministry of Health to conduct an Intra-Action Review (IAR) for the COVID-19 response in Indonesia. The IAR is a comprehensive multisector qualitative review of actions undertaken thus far in response to an ongoing emergency. It is a valuable mechanism to identify gaps and opportunities for learning and improvement to better respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.The Indonesian IAR was undertaken as a recommendation from the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee in July regarding the outbreak of COVID-19. This meeting was convened by the WHO Director-General and it…
July 10, 2024Information hallData leakage / malware Now, a patched security flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication software is being exploited by a nascent ransomware known as EstateRansomware. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which discovered the threat in early April 2024, said the modus operandi involves using CVE-2023-27532 (CVSS score: 7.5) to carry out malicious activities. The initial access to the target environment is said to have been facilitated by a Fortinet FortiGate SSL VPN appliance using a dormant account. “A threat actor bypassed the FortiGate firewall via an SSL VPN service to gain access to the failover switch server,” – Security researcher…
With a solar power potential of up to 1,052 GW, Indonesia is sitting on a “solar gold mine” that can jump-start the clean-tech economy using this clean energy source. So far, the bulk of the economy, particularly the industrial and power sector has been powered by fossil fuels. According to Ember’s data, Indonesia has 0.31 GW of solar power capacity, just shy of 0.03 percent of its total solar potential. Looking forward, the country plans to add up to 4.5 GW of solar capacity by 2030 in the PLN’s Electricity Business Plan (RUPTL) 2021-2030. However, this small addition will not significantly…
Objective The objective of this project, under the Indonesia Digital Health Programme (Phase 1), is to start the implementation of two of these – to establish a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) and a multi-agency Health Data Protection and Cyber Security Coordination Group. Related UK funded work is supporting incident simulation training, a security outcomes framework and a privacy impact assessment of electronic medical record data. The implementer(s) of this project will be expected to maintain close alignment with these activities. The Ministry of Health has recently created a Data Transformation Office, complementing the Centre for Data and Information. The…
reparations for Pope Francis’ first visit to Indonesia are intensifying two months ahead of his scheduled arrival in early September, with a variety of government bodies, from the Foreign and Religious Affairs ministries, to the security apparatus, ramping up their coordination with the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vatican’s embassy, in Jakarta.Catholic churches across the country, meanwhile, are organizing enthusiastic congregations aspiring to attend a Mass set to be held at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) stadium in Central Jakarta on the third day of the Pope’s visit, on Sept. 5. Around 70,000 people are expected to attend the service. According to…
Indonesia is on a path to gradually adopt an asset and liability management approach, applying a more holistic view of the sovereign balance sheet when making decisions for managing risk. What are the reasons, and how does it help Indonesia?After the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s, the government of Indonesia adopted a much more fiscally conservative approach to increase resilience to financial shocks and face the next global crisis. This approach included extending the scope of fiscal risk analysis from the central-government-only level to account for risks created by other public sector entities. Increasingly, they incorporated both assets…
July 10, 2024Information hallEndpoint Security / Vulnerability Microsoft has released patches to address the total number 143 security flaws as part of monthly security updates, two of which were heavily used in the wild. Five of the 143 deficiencies were rated “Critical”, 136 – “Important” and four – moderately serious. Corrections in addition to 33 vulnerabilities which have been viewed in the Chromium-based Edge browser over the past month. Below are the two security flaws that have been exploited – CVE-2024-38080 (CVSS Score: 7.8) – Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2024-38112 (CVSS Score: 7.5) – Windows MSHTML platform spoofing…
Buoyed by healthy GDP growth and rising consumer confidence, Indonesian M&A has been on a roll in recent years. Southeast Asia’s largest economy has largely evaded macroeconomic headwinds such as high inflation and weakening demand, which have dampened growth in Western economies. Dealmaking momentum slowed slightly in 2023 despite positive economic indicators, with a total of 150 deals valued at US$14.2 billion. Although down from the record highs posted in recent years, namely US$26 billion in 2021—the highest on Mergermarket record—and US$23 billion in 2022, this activity remains comparable to, or above, pre-pandemic levels. Effective July 1, 2023, the underlying…