"We expect the services of more tenants, ministries, and government agencies to recover (from the cyberattack). We expect 18 tenants to recover by this month's end," Director General of Information and Public Communication of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Usman Kansong, stated here on Wednesday (June 26).
The official's remarks were made as a follow-up to reports of five institutions whose digital public services recovered following the cyberattack that affected digital services nationwide for almost a week.
The five government institutions reporting the recovery of digital services were the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime and Investment Affairs, Religious Affairs Ministry, Directorate General of Immigration, National Public Procurement Agency (LKPP), and East Java's Kediri municipal authority.
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Kansong stated that the recovery of 18 digital services is a short-term goal carried out with the ongoing forensic digital investigation.
He also affirmed that the ministry, the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN), state-owned telecommunication company Telkom, and other government agencies will make all-out efforts to restore digital public services affected by the hacking incident.
As reported on Monday (June 24), the ministry and BSSN identified 211 government agencies affected by the cyberattack on PDNS No.2. However, by Tuesday (June 25), the number increased to 282.
On Wednesday, some 44 government agencies announced their readiness to conduct data recovery, while others continued their preparation. As a result, the systems of five agencies recovered following a data migration and could continue to serve residents.
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