The central banks of Indonesia and South Korea are reportedly bulking up security on their public-facing websites after being hit with cyberattacks and distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) disturbances linked to notorious hacking collective Anonymous. In response to the attempted cyberattacks, Ronald Waas, deputy governor of Bank Indonesia (BI), told Reuters his institution was forced to block 149 regions that don’t usually access its website, including “several small African countries”.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: International Business Times