What is Brain Cipher Ransomware that Breaks into National Data Centers?

Regarding this, Cyber ​​Security Observer from Akuncom, Alfons Tanujaya, believes that there will always be new types of Ransomware.

“Whatever the ransomware is called, it will always be new. Whatever the name, every time Ransomware manages to attack, it will carry out a clean-up action to remove traces of it so it can be used again,” said Alfons to Techno Todaysgist.com.

Even if his identity was successfully identified, he added, the Ransomware creator could easily make minor changes, either by using different compilation techniques or changing the script slightly to become new ransomware.

“So there is nothing extraordinary about the new ransomware, whatever it is called,” Alfons emphasized.

“What's extraordinarily serious is that a PDN-class data center that manages thousands of virtual machines (VMs) could be hit by ransomware. And it's even sadder if the data is successfully taken,” he said.

Alfons also questioned the ability of the PDN admin, why he missed it. He considered that this case could be used as evaluation or learning material.

“How come the admin was so caught off guard like this? Maybe the vendor selection method needs to be evaluated, if possible Kominfo can be a pure supervisor and not get involved in operations because referees should not be players. Let data management be handed over to competent parties such as local cloud providers,” he elaborated.

He said this was aimed at making it easier for the government to hold responsibility if something untoward happened.

“So if something happens, the cloud manager can be held accountable, both financially and legally. If there were consequences like that, of course PDN cloud managers would not be as careless as they are today,” he concluded.