The fallout, Indonesian Ransomware incident 2024, depending on how you look at this it is a bit of a disaster, because rather than simply resolve the problem – it is very likely that the Indonesian Government will want to decentralise their data to avoid any ransomware incident in the future affecting such a large swath of government.
The quote of the year…
โOnce it was centralized, it turned out that once it was hacked, everyone was affected. I didn’t think hacking was so devastating in the past,” said the vice president of Indonesia.
It is not his job to worry about backups, he has a country to run.
Therefore following statement is extremely apt, I thought it was only ostriches that put their heads in sand…..
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Link to the full article here
Because, he should have been aware of just how devastating cyber attacks are, because they are happening everywhere including a major Indonesian bank last year who’s cyber attack meant a week of customers not being able to access their money. If you have not read about a cyber incident then I assume you are not reading the news, unlikely for a government official in my opinion.
If you outsource your backups, then make sure you know whether they are usable, because I am aware of a recent incident with Australia’s largest Telco where they seemingly can not restore data for some customers.
If you do your own backups then make sure you have a plan and that you test recoveries regularly, including full system restores.
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