Indonesia has acquired spyware and surveillance technologies through a "murky network" that stretches into Israel, Greece, Singapore and Malaysia for equipment supplies, according to Amnesty International.
Amnesty International exposes Israel-linked company selling spyware technology to Indonesia since 2017
The human rights organization claimed that its investigation revealed "the continued failure of several countries to regulate and provide transparency for the export of dual-use technologies, such as spyware, and non-dual-use hardware that hosts spyware or surveillance technologies that pose serious risks to human rights." "
Amnesty International researchers used open source intelligence – including commercial trade databases and spyware infrastructure mapping – to track spyware purchases between 2017 and 2023.
They found buyers that included the Indonesian National Police (Kepala Kepolisian Negara Republik) and the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (Badan Siber dan Sandi Negara).
