Bumi e-mail hacks show security flaws

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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/02/13/bumi-e-mail-hacks-show-security-flaws.html

By Raras Cahyafitri
The Jakarta Post
February 13 2013

An expert says that the recent hacks of e-mail accounts belonging to coal miner 
PT Bumi Resources show that Indonesia is still lagging in cyber-security.

An investigation conducted by Narliswandi “Iwan” Piliang and digital forensic 
analysts Agung Harsoyo and Insan Praja in January determined that hackers from 
an international network broke into the secure servers of Bumi Resources to 
steal data.

“We found a form of malware inserted by the hackers on the Bumi employee’s 
computer through the web and e-mails. The virus was sent by a company using the 
Internet domain venturaservice.net addressed in Rotterdam, the Netherlands,” 
Iwan said on Tuesday.

Iwan said that he reported the results of his investigation to the National 
Police for investigation.

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