His remarks came in response to a recent cyberattack at the Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) 2 in Surabaya, East Java.
"Back up all our national data to prevent the same incident from recurring," he stated after inaugurating an electric vehicle battery plant in Karawang, West Java, on Wednesday.
Jokowi said that the government has evaluated the incident in which ransomware was used to paralyze the servers of several institutions and ministries.
"We have evaluated everything. Most importantly, we must find a solution to prevent it from recurring," Jokowi emphasized.
He then pointed out that national data hacking did not only occur in Indonesia.
"This also happens in other countries," he stated.
Cybersecurity company Surfshark reported that similar incidents have also been experienced by several developed countries in recent years, such as the United States (2004), England (2017), Italy (2018), Russia, China, and Germany (2019), Brazil (2020), France (2021), and Canada (2022).
The Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs has necessitated that all ministries, institutions, and agencies back up their data.
The government is working on layered data protection using cloud services directly monitored by the National Cyber and Cryto Agency (BSSN).
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Hadi Tjahjanto confirmed that PDNS 2 services would recover from cyberattacks this month.
"This is a follow-up to the president's order regarding all public services to return to normal in July," he stated at a press conference on July 1.
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Translator: Andi Firdaus, Resinta Sulistiyandari
Editor: Anton Santoso
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