Calls for stronger data protection as breach incidents rock Bangladesh, Indonesia

Calls have intensified in the last couple of days on the need to put in place a body that will oversee the proper management of personal data in Indonesia after reports emerged that a notorious hacker stole and put the data of nearly 35 million citizens on sale on the dark web. The calls come as a similar incident happened in Bangladesh where data from a government website is said to have been leaked to the world wide web, sparking …

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