Exposed: Data breaches on the rise in Indonesia


Indonesia has seen at least five data breaches in August this year alone, two of which allegedly impacted state-owned firms holding the data of millions of customers. - Unsplash/JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The private data of millions of Indonesian citizens and corporations are at an increased risk of being exposed, amid the pandemic-influenced rise of remote work and a lack of robust personal privacy legislation.

The country has seen at least five data breaches in August alone, two of which allegedly impacted state-owned firms holding the data of millions of customers.

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