A cybercrime group is demanding $8 million after compromising Indonesia's national data center — an amount the government is refusing to pay. More than 200 regional and national government agencies have been impacted by the ransomware attack which caused lengthy delays at the capital's main airport.

Herlan Wijanarko, Indonesia's director of network and IT solutions, said that the threat actors are holding data hostage and offering a key to access the information in exchange for the $8 million ransom. Their National Cyber and Crypto Agency is carrying out forensics as the center does its best to recover from the attack.

“The disruption to the national data center and the days-long needed to recover the system means this ransomware attack was extraordinary," said Pratama Persadha, Indonesia's Cybersecurity Research Institute Chairman. "It shows that our cyber infrastructure and its server systems were not being handled well." Read more about this story on our LinkedIn page