Indonesia says it has begun recovering data after major ransomware attack The Straits Times

pJAKARTA Indonesia said it is beginning to recover data that had been encrypted in a major ransomware attack in June which affected more than 160 government agencies ppThe attackers identified as Brain Cipher asked for US8 million S107 million in ransom to unlock the data before they later apologised and released the decryption key for free according to Singaporebased cybersecurity firm StealthMole ppThe attack disrupted multiple government services including immigration and operations at major airports Indonesian officials have acknowledged that the bulk of the data had not been backed up ppCoordinating Political Legal and Security Affairs Minister Hadi Tjahjanto said in a statement late on July 11 that data for 30 public services overseen by 12 ministries had been recovered using a decryption strategy without elaborating ppThe Communications and Information Ministry is using a decryption strategy to recover services or assets from ministries state agencies and the regional governments that are affected We are handling this gradually the statement saidppIt was not immediately clear if the government had used Brain Ciphers decryption key Mr Hadi and Communications and Information Minister Budi Arie Setiadi did not immediately respond to requests for comment ppRansomware attackers use software to encrypt data and demand payment from victims to restore the data Indonesia said this attack used a malicious software called Lockbit 30 THE JAKARTA POSTASIA NEWS NETWORKppJoin STs Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to youppRead 3 articles and stand to win rewardsppSpin the wheel nowppMCI P 066102023 Published by SPH Media Limited Co Regn No 202120748H Copyright 2024 SPH Media Limited All rights reservedp