Indonesia amidst the Rise of Cybercrime Cases in the Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0 and the Pursuit of Society 5.0
The digitalization of almost all aspects in life and increasing connectivity using connected devices continues to develop in the current Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0. This development has brought humans into a period called the hyper-connected era, where humans no longer see existing boundaries (Mahardika, 2020). The term hyper-connected was first used by Gartner in 2008 (Chung et al., 2020). Digital transformation in Indonesia accelerated further when there was a shock due to the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. This increased dependence on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) due to travel bans, lockdowns, and stay at home orders (Hakak et al., 2020). The uncontrolled speed of digital transformation has a logical consequence of increasing the threat of cyber-attacks that can infiltrate every activity through ICT (Wicaksana et al., 2020). International Business Machines (IBM) data in 2020 shows that during the pandemic, global cyber-attacks increased by 6,000% (Wicaksana et al., 2020). Cybercriminals continue to look for new attack vectors to facilitate their various criminal activities, such as trying to take over video conferencing platforms used in online meetings or education, online fraud, and theft of personal data (Hakak et al., 2020). Cybercrime or computer-based crime is defined as a crime that involves computers and networks (Moore, 2014). Cybercrime is a form of change in crime that is emerging, increasing, and expanding along with the development of information and communication technology.
As a review of the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 which focused too much on ease of access without emphasizing humanity and individual boundaries so that new forms of crime emerged, at the beginning of 2019 the world was enlivened by the concept of Society 5.0 offered by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe through his declaration in “Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform 2019”. Even though the Industrial Revolution 4.0 has not yet been fully completed, Indonesia must begin to face and pursue Society 5.0. This idea tries to focus on humans as users of technology to be able to collaborate with technology (especially currently Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things), so that the goal of technology itself to be able to solve human problems can be achieved. Don’t let people be careless or even unknow of the consequences of technological developments that they themselves have created. Basically, technological developments that were created to make human life easier make people aware that humans have many weaknesses and problems that must be solved together, rather than eliminating humanity itself.
The importance of pursuing and implementing the concept of Society 5.0, especially in handling cybercrime, is to review individual readiness in using technology and carrying out activities in cyberspace. It is known that the level of human intelligence and awareness in the use of technology has a strong correlation with the high number of cybercrime cases. Therefore, education and training in the use of technology needs to be a concern. The importance of awareness of humanizing humans with technology can prevent cybercrime because it is known that apart from criminals taking advantage of society’s ignorance and indifference towards cybercrime (Pinggi et al., 2020), the perpetrators also have high space awareness (perpetrator knows that cybercrime is easier to commit and the risks are lower than crimes in physical space because proving cybercrime is still difficult so the risk of being caught or subject to the law is still low). This is where the human side plays an important role in preventing humans from taking advantage of other humans’ weaknesses in technology or the weaknesses of technology itself.
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