A translation of reporting by Moh Khory Alfarizi:
Indonesia was stunned by two recent major data leaks. The first incident saw 1.3 billion SIM card registration details leaked online by hackers and the second case was when 105 million citizenship information was leaked on an online forum. The SIM card registration data-keeping is managed by the Communication and Informatics Ministry (Kominfo) while the General Elections Commission (KPU) is responsible for the second case.
Tempo asked cybersecurity and digital forensic expert from Vaksincom, Alfons Tanujaya on Wednesday, September 7, where he provided some suggestions for the government. “One of the many suggestions is that the government must fix its data management,” he said.
He bluntly suggested that stakeholders in the government’s cyber security sector should prioritize millennials or younger generations in managing the plethora of sensitive data. “Not baby boomers who are generally clueless and don’t understand how to properly utilize and protect big data,” Alfons added.
Well, okay, then. He certainly told us.
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