Indonesia steps up financial-sector cyber defenses amid wave of detected attacks
By Roffie Kurniawan ( November 12, 2026, 05:23 GMT | Insight) -- Indonesia's financial regulators are strengthening cybersecurity defenses amid heightened cyber threats to banks and other financial institutions. The Financial Services Authority and Bank Indonesia have activated cyber incident-response teams, while new guidelines for online lenders emphasize recovery as well as prevention. The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs is also working more closely with the National Cyber and Crypto Agency to protect critical infrastructure against emerging cyber threats, including attacks involving autonomous AI agents.Indonesia's financial regulators are stepping up defenses amid a wave of cyberattacks, activating incident-response teams and issuing new cybersecurity guidelines to strengthen the resilience of the country's banking and financial services sector....
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