Indonesia says cyberattacks won’t disrupt elections

A worker checks ballot papers printed for upcoming Indonesian presidential election at a factory in Jakarta, January 20, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo

JAKARTA: Presidential and legislative polls in Indonesia next month are not at risk of disruption from cyberattacks, the head of the election commission said on March 13, even though regular hacking attempts had been detected on the agency's website. 

Arief Budiman, head of the National Election Commission (KPU), was earlier cited in a media report as saying Chinese and Russian hackers were attacking Indonesia's voter database "to manipulate and modify" content and create ghost voters.