Ransomware Attack at Indonesian Railway company
INCIDENT
State-owned railway company Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) fell victim to a ransomware attack. Pratama Persadha, Indonesia’s Cybersecurity Research Institute chairman, said the current cyberattack was the most severe to hit Indonesian government agencies and companies since 2017. “The disruption to the national data center and days-long needed to recover the system means this ransomware attack was extraordinary.” Persadha said. “It shows that our cyber infrastructure and its server systems were not being handled well.”
The government was asked to pay a ransom of 11.69 Bitcoin.
Incident Date
January 7, 2024
Location
Estimated Cost
ransom demand 11.69 Bitcoin, national data center disrupted for several days
Victims
Type of Malware
No Malware identified
Threat Source
Impacts
IT Privacy