Indonesian cyberattack signals growing threat in Southeast Asia - Nikkei Asia

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LockBit is thought to be responsible for ransomware attacks in a number of other countries in the past few years, including the Philippines and Malaysia.

Indonesian government agencies have been working to recover data after a large-scale cyberattack in June.

As of Friday, Indonesia was still struggling to recover data stored in its temporary national data center in East Java following attacks last month by Brain Cipher, a new ransomware strain believed to be linked to the notorious LockBit 3.0 group.

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Author / Journalist: ERWIDA MAULIA

Category: InvestingFinanceBusiness

Markets: JapanIndonesiaMalaysiaPhilippines

Topics: Attacks Agencies Nikkei Asia Content Asian Data Government Indonesia Ransomware Lockbit

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Published On: 2024-07-15 @ 03:00:00 (1 days ago)

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