The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned a cyber\nattack in the form of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) against the\nmedia outlet Tempo. The attack, which has been ongoing since 5 June\n2026, flooded the Tempo website server with fake internet traffic,\ndisrupting public access to the main page of the tempo.co website.<\/p>\n
CPJ Asia-Pacific Regional Director Beh Lih Yi stated that this cyber\nattack is a cowardly attempt to silence Tempo for reporting on alleged\ncorruption cases. He stressed that this cyber attack will not succeed in\npreventing Tempo from uncovering violations that have occurred. \u201cThe\nperpetrators behind this large-scale and organised intimidation campaign\nshould be ashamed of themselves,\u201d Beh said in his statement on Thursday,\n11 June 2026.<\/p>\n
Tempo\u2019s news portal server has been receiving DDoS attacks since\nFriday, 5 June 2026. Tempo Digital Chief Technology Officer Heru Tjatur\nTjahja said the attacks received by Tempo in recent days were massive.\nAs of Monday, 8 June 2026, Tempo\u2019s technology team recorded a total of\n24.9 million requests directed at their server. According to him, this\nDDoS cyber attack used bots that sent very large amounts of internet\ntraffic to the site\u2019s server. Based on analysis by Tempo\u2019s technology\nteam, the attack pattern took place sporadically with high intensity at\ncertain times.<\/p>\n
Tjatur said the attackers tended to launch their actions from evening\nuntil early morning. One of the largest waves of attacks occurred\nbetween 8:30 p.m. and midnight, with a total of 12.97 million attacks in\na span of just two hours. \u201cThe first intensity was 12.97 million attacks\nin just two hours. Starting from 8:30 p.m. until midnight, the attackers\ncarried out digital attacks,\u201d he said on Monday, 8 June 2026.<\/p>\n
Preliminary analysis indicates the source of the attacks did not only\ncome from Indonesia. Tempo\u2019s technology team found traces of attacks\nfrom several countries, including Colombia, the United States, the\nPhilippines, Bangladesh, and Mexico. He suspects the DDoS attack is a\ncontinuation of a hacking attempt that previously targeted Tempo\u2019s\ncontent management system (CMS) at the end of May. In that incident,\nhackers cancelled the publication of a number of articles that had been\nposted so that the public could not find them on the internet.<\/p>\n
According to Tjatur, the articles targeted by the hacking were\nrelated to online gambling news and reporting on corruption cases, one\nof which concerned customs and excise corruption currently under\ninvestigation by the Corruption Eradication Commission. However, Tempo\u2019s\nCMS design limits user authority, so the hackers could not delete\narticles permanently and could only unpublish them. The editorial team\nhas republished dozens of hacked articles so they can be accessed by the\npublic again. \u201cThose who attacked apparently did not like it, so they\nthen carried out a DDoS digital attack,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/cpj-condemns-ddos-attack-on-tempo-1781150316", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }