Hit by multiple cyberattacks, government languishes from 'low awareness' of data security - Indonesia - The Jakarta Post
Source: The Jakarta Post
Published on: 2026-06-03 16:52
ecent cyberattacks on state agencies -- one related to the National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN) and another that puts child victims of abuse at risk -- further underline the urgent need for effective cybersecurity and personal data protection. On Oct. 21, an alleged Brazilian hacker named SonIx defaced the website of the national malware center hosted by the BSSN, an agency that is supposed to detect and prevent cyberattacks, as retaliation for what SonIx claimed was the hacking of a Brazilian government website by Indonesian hackers. BSSN spokesperson Anton Setiyawan told The Jakarta Post that the agency was still conducting an investigation to ensure that no data was stolen, adding that pusmanas.bssn.go.id had been temporarily disabled. The incident occurred only a week after the Indonesian Child Protection Commission's (KPAI) database of the personal information of people wh...
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