Social Minister Make Sure There Are No DTKS Disturbances After Cyber Attacks At PDN

Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini / DOK ANTARA

POLEWALI MANDAR - Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini ensured that there would be no interference in the use of Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS) after cyber attacks occurred at the national data center (PDN). "Yes, our data is safe. Until now we can still serve the needs of the community well," he said after providing assistance to decent houses in Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi, Antara, Tuesday, July 2. However, Risma did not want to be arrogant in responding to data security at the Ministry of Social Affairs. His party will also follow further directions regarding data backup so that no community or beneficiary families will be harmed if there is cyber disturbance. According to the latest data published by the Ministry of Social Affairs in May 2024, 140,054,921 people were recorded in DTKS. This number is a combination of data on the initial list of DTKS as many as 118,681,953 people and data on new proposals as many as 21,372,968 people. "Once again I apologize to hackers, crackers, if there is a slight problem, we will know. Why? Because this is to serve people who really can't afford it. Nothing is perfect in this world, including us at the Ministry of Social Affairs, but our data is safe, that doesn't mean we are arrogant," he said. A number of public services on Thursday (20/6) had experienced problems due to disturbances in PDNS 2. One of the services that was heavily affected was the Autogate system belonging to the Directorate General of Immigration which disrupted people's mobility.

After being traced, it was found that PDNS 2 experienced a cyberattack in the form of a ransomware called Brain Cipher, a new variant of the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware. As of Tuesday (25/6), 282 agencies were identified as affected by the PDNS 2 incident. The government immediately focused on recovering various public services that were affected and at the same time conducting an investigation in the form of digital forensics.