Indonesia Refuses to Pay $8M Ransom After Cyberattack

A large-scale ransomware attack compromised Indonesia's national data center beginning June 20, disrupting more than 200 regional and national government agencies. Threat actors are demanding an $8 million ransom to release held data; authorities have refused payment and are conducting forensic recovery. Officials reported detecting a LockBit 3.0 sample, and the incident has caused prolonged outages and significant impact to government services.