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Indonesia's competition regulator, the Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha has alleged that Google has violated local anti-monopoly laws by abusing its dominant position for the distribution of apps and its requirement that developers must use its payment systems. Google therefore has a lot to lose if it is found to have abused its monopoly.
The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Kominfo, is now blocking access to internet service and content providers who had not registered on the country's new licensing platform by July 27th, 2022, as the country begins to restrict access to online content providers and services. The first blocks began Friday, a day before the June 26th deadline, and according to internet access monitoring org NetBlocks, some of the service providers include Yahoo, Steam, and PayPal.
Another week, another big economy restricting cryptocurrency. In the tweet below, Wimboh Santoso, commissioner of Indonesia's financial services authority the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan, states that the agency has prohibited financial service institutions from using, marketing, and/or facilitating crypto asset trading.
Bank Indonesia, the central bank of the Republic of Indonesia, has confirmed today that a ransomware attack hit its networks last month. During the incident, the attackers stole "Non-critical data" belonging to Bank Indonesia employees before deploying ransomware payloads on over a dozen systems on the bank's network, as CNN Indonesia reported.
Indonesia's government has admitted to leaks of personal data from the agency that runs its national health insurance scheme. On May 20th Kominfo, Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, acknowledged it was aware of a post on notorious stolen-data-mart Raidforums offering to sell a million records leaked from the Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial, an agency that runs national health insurance scheme Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional.
Indonesian officials have asked its nation's citizens to stop leaking their own personal data on social media by sharing pictures of certificates attesting to their receipt of COVID-19 vaccinations. In a Tuesday press conference, Indonesia's COVID-19 task force spokesman Wiku Adisasmito explained that the certificates include a QR code that, when scanned, can yield personal medical data.
Three individuals suspected of being involved in Magecart online skimming attacks were arrested late last year in Indonesia. The arrests were made as part of an international effort called Operation Night Fury, which saw participation from Interpol's ASEAN Cyber Capability Desk and Indonesian Cyber Police, as well as private cybersecurity company Group-IB. Over the past couple of years, numerous hacking groups have been operating under the Magecart umbrella, infecting thousands of e-commerce websites with JavaScript code designed to steal customers' credit card data.
Police in Indonesia have arrested three suspected members of an e-commerce hacking crew that employed JavaScript attack code to steal customer and payment card data. Joint press conference by Indonesian National Police & #INTERPOL on Operation Night Fury led by INTERPOL's #ASEAN Desk, sharing the successful arrest of 3 suspects involved in JS-sniffer campaign compromising e-commerce websites to steal credit card or online payment information pic.
Authorities are probing a customer data leak at Lion Air, Indonesia's communications ministry said Friday, in a breach that reportedly affected millions of the carrier's customers. Two of the...
Indonesia will deport 153 Chinese nationals arrested for alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar cyber fraud ring targeting wealthy businessmen and politicians in China, police said Tuesday. read more