Indonesia’s biggest cyberattack prompts resignation, audit

The cyberattack led to long lines at immigration services across Indonesia’s major airports. With their systems down, officials had to resort to writing down every passenger’s passport and flight details manually at the border. — AP

An official of Indonesia’s information technology ministry resigned as the government continues an audit of its data centers in the wake of the nation’s worst cyberattack.

Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, director-general for applications and information at the Communications and Information Technology Ministry, stepped down on July 4, following last month’s massive hack that crippled government services from airports to scholarships. Pangerapan said he was “morally responsible”.