National Data Center Down, Cyber Expert Says Suspected of Being Attacked by Ransomeware
Morrissey Technology – The National Data Center (PDN) experienced disruption from Thursday (20/6/2024) until today there are no signs of progress towards returning to normal operations. Cyber experts suspect that PDN suffered a Ransomeware cyber attack. As a result, PDN experienced problems resulting in long queues carrying out the immigration process not only at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, but at all Immigration Offices throughout the country.
Chairman of the CISSReC Cyber Security Research Institute, Pratama Persadha, revealed several things that could cause total disruption like this, including electricity supply disruption, server damage, internet connection disruption, as well as cyber attacks such as DDoS or Ransomware.
“If the disruption occurs due to a cyber attack, then the risk is even greater because it not only disrupts services but can also result in personal data being leaked,” said Pratama in his written statement.
Previously there had also been a cyber attack on Immigration which resulted in the leak of personal data, namely the leak of 34 million passport data. What’s even more dangerous, said Pratama, is if hackers can access the servers at the National Data Center, of course the data leak that occurs will not only affect the Directorate General of Immigration but also other institutions that use PDN to store citizen data.
If we look at the pattern of disturbances that occur, Pratama believes that there is a possibility that the problems that occurred at PDN were caused by cyber attacks using the ransomware method, as was the case that happened to Bank Syariah Indonesia previously.
“If the problem faced by PDN is a technical problem, it certainly won’t take that long. The electricity supply problem can be resolved immediately by using electricity supply from another substation or using a generator for temporary supply,” he said.
Likewise, if the problem is an internet connection, such as a break in the fiber optic cable entering the PDN, it can still be resolved quickly using a Point-to-Point radio connection which has a large bandwidth and doesn’t take long to install.
“Similarly, if you are hit by a cyber attack using the DDoS method, the response time required will not be that long because it can be easily resolved by utilizing Anti-DDoS devices and collaborating with ISPs to increase bandwidth capacity and help overcome DDoS from the ISP side,” he explained. .
By seeing this incident, Pratama said that using PDN could endanger the country if it is not equipped with strong security, so that each government agency hosting PDN must create a strong Business Continuity Plan (BCP) so that it does not depend 100 ℅ on PDN infrastructure.
He said that with the PDN down incident, the government must clearly explain what happened and from the start explain BCP from this kind of risk. It should be noted that the PDN currently being built only provides the infrastructure to store data from each agency that owns the SPBE.
“The cyber security factor also still needs special attention because what PDN managers currently guarantee is the cyber security of the PDN infrastructure itself, while the cyber security of each SPBE application is still the responsibility of the agency that owns the SPBE,” he concluded.
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