HEADLINE | Jakarta- Cyberattacks to rise ahead of 2024 elections: SAFEnet
Digital attacks in 2022.(SAFEnet/JP/Swi Handono)
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Digital freedom of expression will suffer further in the lead-up to the 2024 general elections, one watchdog’s study on cyberattacks has predicted, as the nation enters a period of enhanced competition to capture the hearts and minds of internet-savvy Indonesian voters.
Particularly, the number of cyberattacks against critical voices is bound to be increase this year, according to the latest study by the Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet).
The report found that digital attacks in the country had more than doubled over the past two years, from 147 discrete instances in 2020 to 302 last year, cementing a trend that had grown from the start of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s second term.
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Nur Janti
The Jakarta Post
Tue, February 28 2023
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