Ransomware on Indonesia's national data centre paralyses government services
Indonesia's national data centre was hit by a ransomware attack that encrypted it and paralysed government services. The attackers demanded an $8 million ransom, but the Indonesian government refused to pay. After the attack, the president ordered an audit of the data centre.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Government of Indonesia
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- National data centre encrypted and government services paralysed
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack using a LockBit variant
- Location
- Indonesia
Timeline
- The national data centre was encrypted by a LockBit variant ransomware, and the government refused to pay an $8 million ransom.
- It emerged that government services had been paralysed by the attack on the national data centre.
- The Indonesian president ordered an audit of the data centre.
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