Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised its national data center
Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for an $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for an $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay.
The cyberattack has disrupted the services of more than 200 government agencies at both the national and regional levels since last Thursday, said Samuel Abrijani Pangerapan, the director general of informatics applications with the Communications and Informatics Ministry.
Some government services have returned — immigration services at airports and elsewhere are now functional — but efforts continue at restoring other services such as investment licensing, Pangerapan told reporters Monday.
The attackers have held data hostage and offered a key for access in return for the $8 million ransom, said PT Telkom Indonesia’s director of network & IT solutions, Herlan Wijanarko, without giving further details.
Wijanarko said the company, in collaboration with authorities at home and abroad, was investigating and trying to break the encryption that made data inaccessible.
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