Supporting Prabowo Government’s ASTA CITA, PANDI Committed to Eradicating Online Gambling

Jakarta – The Indonesian Internet Domain Name Manager (PANDI) is contributing to efforts to eradicate online gambling content by presenting the Indonesia Domain Abuse Data Exchange (IDADX) platform which identifies domain abuse to insert illegal content.
PANDI Chairman John Sihar Simanjuntak explained that IDADX works using the Breach Identification and Monitoring Assistant (BIMA) system, namely an automated tool or bot in IDADX that quickly identifies and escalates reports of domain name misuse.
“The source of information is from several other entities, so there are Spamhaus, OpenPish, Netcraft, Pishlabs, and others. So with that information we can see every day which domains are affected by the abuse,” said John.
Once domain abuse has been identified and proven, such as inserting content containing online gambling, PANDI will provide notification to the site manager to clean up the illegal content with a deadline of one to two days.
If there is still online gambling content or other forms of domain abuse, the site’s operations will be stopped (suspended).
John revealed that according to IDADX report data in 2024, there were 89,975 URLs infiltrated by online gambling content.
In addition to online gambling content, IDADX also handles other cyber threats from domain abuse such as phishing or acts of stealing sensitive information through fake sites or emails.
Then abuse or use of domain names for illegal activities, such as distributing malware and spam as well as fraud or fake websites designed to trick users into giving money or personal data.
“So we want to ensure that the .id domain is a secure and trusted domain for the public,” said John.
Due to strict supervision by the IDADX platform, John ensures that users of the .id domain registered by PANDI are sites that are clean from online gambling content or other illegal content.
“If (the domain user) still exists, that means it is clean and we check it. If it is not maintained, we will definitely take it down,” he said.
In this way, the efforts made by several parties show their commitment to creating a safer and healthier digital environment. These efforts are expected to not only reduce the negative impacts of online gambling, but also protect society, especially the younger generation, from the dangers of addiction and financial loss.