Indonesia Struggles to Recover After Cyberattack Hits 282 Public Agencies

Jul 2, 2024, 03:14 PM

Indonesia is grappling with the aftermath of a significant cyberattack that compromised data across 282 public agencies, including key systems for airport immigration and scholarships. Officials reported that 98% of the affected data, stored in one of the two compromised data centers, had not been backed up, exacerbating the recovery efforts. The cyberattack, identified as a ransomware attack, affected over 230 public agencies and has left the government struggling to retrieve the lost data, with recovery efforts still ongoing.