Hackers of Indonesian government apologize and give key The Register

pBrain Cipher the group responsible for hacking into Indonesias Temporary National Data Center PDNS and disrupting the countrys services has seemingly apologized for its actions and released an encryption key to the governmentppThat key was in the form of an 54 kb ESXi file Its efficacy has not yet been confirmedppCitizens of Indonesia we apologize for the fact that it affected everyone the team wrote in a statement shared by Singaporebased dark web intelligence outfit Stealth MoleppIn the statement Brain Cipher detailed that it was releasing the decryptor of its own accord without prodding by law enforcement or other agencies It did however ask for public gratitude for its magnanimous behavior and even provided an account at which it could receive donations Good luck with thatppThe team also provided a motive that it was acting as a penetration tester of sorts and that talks with the government had become deadlockedppThe cyber criminals had demanded a ransom of 131 billion Rupiah 8 million to release data it ransomwared June 20 but the Indonesian government refused to pay upppWe hope that our attack made it clear to you how important it is to finance the industry and recruit qualified specialists the hackers lecturedppIn this case the attack was so easy that it took us very little time to unload the data and encrypt several thousand terabytes of information the group boastedppThe statement concludes Were not hagglingppWe have asked Stealth Mole to provide us with evidence of the statements authenticityppBrain Cipher clarified that while the Indonesian government might receive its data back for free not all victims would get the same treatmentppHonestly this is very embarrassing for Kominfo and also us as Indonesian citizens shared one cyber security influencer in Indonesian BahasappImagine with a budget of Rp 700 billion to secure Indonesian data you BSSN et al only rely on a security system with Windows Defender he addedppA certain degree of panic has rocked the government particularly as it was found that backups were optional among the hit agencies Indonesias president Joko Widodo subsequently ordered an audit of government datacentersppPoliticians and the public alike appear on the hunt for a scapegoat a petition demanding the resignation of communications and informatics minister Budi Arie Setiadi over the matter garnered more than 18000 signatures ppSend us newsppThe Register Biting the hand that feeds ITpp
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