National Police Chief Gathers Information On Disruptions Of National Data Centers

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo (left) at the Tribrata building, Jakarta, Monday (24/6/2024). ANTARA/Nadia Putri Rahmani

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo stated that his party was gathering information regarding disturbances that occurred at the National Data Center or PDN.

PDN disturbances are known to cause a number of public services to experience problems.

"We are gathering information," Sigit told reporters, Monday, June 24.

Not only that, the National Police are also collaborating with the National Cyber and Crypto Agency or BSSN to explore the cause of the disturbance in the PDN.

Including, ascertaining the initial cause whether it was due to technical problems or ransomware attacks.

"We are exploring collaborating with BSSN whether there are technical problems or something else," he said.

Sigit also said that while seeking information, the National Police would follow the development of the problem, one of which was asked about the alleged ransomware attack.

Improvements will also be made so that the public service system, which had experienced problems, would recover.

"So of course we follow every development, especially if the potential arises from attacks, there are several security systems that of course we must implement in ways, one of which is that the security system must achieve a certain tier. So that then it will be safer," said Sigit.

Previously, Minister of Communication and Information Budi Arie Setiadi said that Kominfo was currently recovering public services gradually following the disturbances that occurred at the National Data Center.

"It is true that there is a disturbance at the National Data Center which has an impact on several public services," said Minister of Communication and Information Budi

Meanwhile, the National Data Centers used with ministries and institutions as well as local governments are Temporary Cloud-based National Data Centers.

Provisional National Data Center is a mandate from Presidential Regulation Number 132 of 2022 concerning Electronic-Based Government Systems (SPBE). Through the National Data Center, it is hoped that the data center migration process from government agencies can run gradually.

The construction process for the first National Data Center in Cikarang, West Java, is underway and is expected to be completed this year. The government plans to build a National Data Center in Batam and the capital city of Nusantara.