Cybersecurity
Indonesia’s Biggest Cyberattack Prompts Resignation, Audit
- Over 280 agencies affected in attack, most of which lost data
- National data center lacked security, recovery plans: analyst
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An official of Indonesia’s information technology ministry resigned as the government continues an audit of its data centers in the wake of the nation’s worst cyberattack.
Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, director-general for applications and information at the Communications and Information Technology Ministry, stepped down on Thursday, following last month’s massive hack that crippled government services from airports to scholarships. Pangerapan said he was “morally responsible.”