{ "success": true, "data": { "id": 1863049, "msgid": "bamsoet-urges-criminal-law-reform-to-combat-ai-based-crime-1784192217", "date": "2026-07-16 15:18:47", "title": "Bamsoet Urges Criminal Law Reform to Combat AI-Based Crime", "author": "", "source": "DETIK", "tags": "", "topic": "Legal", "summary": "Senior Indonesian legislator Bambang Soesatyo has called for urgent legal reform to address the growing threat of artificial intelligence-driven cybercrime. He highlighted that AI has fundamentally altered criminal patterns, enabling faster, cheaper, and more massive attacks, including deepfakes and automated phishing. With billions of cyber threats recorded annually and financial losses exceeding IDR 2.6 trillion, he stressed that national criminal law must evolve to keep pace with technological advancements.", "content": "

House of Representatives member Bambang Soesatyo (Bamsoet) has\nemphasised that the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has\nfundamentally altered the pattern of cybercrime globally. If previously\ncyber attacks were dominated by highly skilled hackers, AI now allows\nperpetrators to launch attacks that are faster, cheaper, more massive,\nand increasingly difficult to detect. From the automatic creation of\nmalware and highly convincing phishing to voice cloning and deepfake\nvideos, these have evolved into real threats to national security,\neconomic stability, and the protection of citizens\u2019 personal data.\nVarious reports indicate an alarming escalation of threats. The National\nCyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) recorded 5.5 billion cyber attacks in\nIndonesia throughout 2025, with the majority of anomalies dominated by\nmalware, phishing, and AI exploitation. Meanwhile, INTERPOL\u2019s 2025\/2026\nAsia and South Pacific Cyberthreat Assessment noted that more than half\nof the countries in the Asia-Pacific region reported cybercrime,\naccounting for over 30 percent of all nationally recorded crimes.\nThroughout 2024, more than 6.5 billion cyber threats were detected and\nmitigated in the region. Approximately 80 percent of data breaches\noriginated from system intrusions, while malware was found in 83 percent\nof cases and ransomware in 51 percent. These conditions demand that\nIndonesia accelerate legal reform to keep pace with technological\ndevelopments. \u2018We are facing a new era of borderless cybercrime. AI\nenables perpetrators to map targets, search for security gaps, create\nthousands of highly personalised fraudulent messages, and run attacks\nautomatically within minutes. The state must not allow technological\ndevelopments to outpace its ability to protect the public,\u2019 Bamsoet\nasserted on Thursday (16\/7\/2026). He made the statement while serving as\nan examiner for a doctoral candidate at the University of Borobudur,\nwhose dissertation focused on legal construction regarding\nresponsibility and international jurisdiction for AI-based crimes.\nBamsoet explained that AI is a dual-use technology; it can be used to\nboost productivity, public services, research, education, health, and\neconomic growth, but can also be misused as a criminal instrument.\nCurrently, criminal groups are using AI to create thousands of phishing\nemails in minutes, clone voices with just a few seconds of recording,\nand produce deepfake videos that are nearly indistinguishable from\ngenuine footage. This makes the public increasingly vulnerable to\ndigital fraud. Data from the Ministry of Communication and Digital\nAffairs revealed that deepfake attacks surged by approximately 1,400\npercent from 2024 to 2025, while the success rate of AI-based phishing\nis estimated to be between 54 and 60 percent. In the financial sector,\nvarious reports have also recorded a spike in the misuse of AI for\nidentity fraud, voice impersonation, and video manipulation. The\nIndonesia Anti-Scam Centre (IASC) together with the Financial Services\nAuthority (OJK) noted that public losses due to digital fraud had\nexceeded IDR 2.6 trillion by mid-2025. \u2018We are no longer dealing with\nconventional cybercrime. AI has become a new weapon for transnational\ncriminal groups. They can run automated attacks 24 hours a day, search\nfor security vulnerabilities, study defence patterns, and even\nindependently refine their attack methods. This is a challenge for\nIndonesia\u2019s law enforcement system,\u2019 he said. Bamsoet further explained\nthat the threat of AI extends beyond data theft or online fraud. Vital\ninfrastructure such as banking systems, hospitals, power grids,\ntransportation, government data centres, and public services are all\npotential targets for AI-based cyber attacks. International studies warn\nthat generative AI technology is now being used to produce more adaptive\nmalware, conduct personalised social engineering, and accelerate the\nexploitation of security gaps in a much shorter time than conventional\nmethods. \u2018The problem we face is not merely the increasing number of\nattacks, but the changing quality of the threats. AI helps criminals\nlearn from failures, automatically adjust attack strategies, and even\nevade detection systems currently used by authorities and digital\nservice providers,\u2019 he explained. Bamsoet added that Indonesia\u2019s biggest\nchallenge is not just the volume of cyber attacks, but the suboptimal\nreadiness of regulations to deal with AI. The national criminal law\nsystem still relies on human perpetrators, whereas AI can now carry out\ncertain processes autonomously. This creates new problems regarding\ncriminal liability when AI is used to commit crimes. The question of who\nshould be held responsible, whether the developer, user, corporation, or\nanother party, requires legal certainty to prevent a vacuum in law\nenforcement. \u2018Indonesia needs legal reform capable of responding to the\ndevelopment of AI-based crime,\u2019 he concluded.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bamsoet-urges-criminal-law-reform-to-combat-ai-based-crime-1784192217", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }