Microsoft has published its Digital Defense Report 2026, warning that artificial intelligence adoption is making cyberattacks faster, more scalable and harder to contain.
The report, covering observed threat activity between July 2025 and June 2026, places Indonesia 24th globally and 10th in the Asia Pacific region for the frequency with which customers were affected by cyber threats.
Indonesia inundated
Indonesia's National Cyber and Encryption Agency, cited by Microsoft via Media Indonesia, recorded a more than 700% rise in potential cyber threats in 2025 compared with the 2019 to 2024 period, equivalent to roughly 174 potential threats detected every second.
By October, the agency had logged around 3.13 billion potential cyber threats, averaging 133 per second.
Microsoft's Threat Intelligence data shows 63% of intrusions globally involved data theft, while more than 46 million business email impersonation attacks were detected.
Attackers increasingly use AI to find vulnerabilities, generate malware and run phishing campaigns at scale; Microsoft's report notes that for advanced attackers, AI can compress attack chains that once took days into seconds.
Identity theft growing
Identity theft is a growing entry point: 73.3% of initial access attempts relied on user execution, valid accounts, social engineering or phishing.
"With strong security foundations, organizations can make the most of AI opportunities responsibly and sustainably," said Gunawan Susanto, Managing Director of Microsoft Indonesia.
