Indonesia steps up attack over spying Indonesia has intensified its reaction to revelations that Australia was systematically spying from its embassy in Jakarta, apparently threatening in response to stem intelligence about people smuggling. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, stung by the revelations in Fairfax Media last week, has also vowed to co-sponsor an anti-spying resolution at the United Nations. Asked what action Mr Natalegawa would take against Australia, he said that if there were no "explicit assurances" that spying would stop, it would threaten Indonesia's role as a partner in other areas. "I was looking at the Indonesia-Australia [partnership], the various agreements the two countries have committed themselves," Mr Natalegawa said. We need to look at that. If Australia feels that there are ways of obtaining information other than the official ones, then one wonders where we are in terms of co-operation. He was speaking in the context of his dissatisfaction with explanations to him personally by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, and to his department by Australian ambassador Greg Moriarty, in meetings last Friday, and from the US earlier in the week. "The kind of response that we've been obtaining or receiving is the more generic response that neither the government of Australia nor the United States is able to confirm or deny the practices reported in the various media," Mr Natalegawa said. In the absence of such assurances to the contrary, of course we must assume that such activities are taking place. It's a significant step-up in response from Mr Natalegawa, who, sharing a conference podium with Ms Bishop in Perth last week, said the spying was "not cricket." Back in Jakarta on Monday, he has called for a "strong commitment" by Australia and the US that "they would not engage in any activity inconsistent with the friendly relations between our two countries." Mr Natalegawa said Indonesia was "joining Germany and Brazil in co-sponsoring in the UN General Assembly [a discussion] to address precisely this kind of issue." Innocent victims of the spat between Indonesia and Australia include a Queensland hospital, a children's cancer association and an anti-slavery charity, whose websites have been attacked by Indonesian hackers. Schools and community groups were also among at least 100 Australian websites hit by cyber-attacks launched in retaliation to revelations by Fairfax Media that Australia used its embassies to spy on neighbours. One of the hacker groups has vowed to continue unless Australia comes clean about its use of surveillance equipment in its Jakarta embassy. "Tell your government we will stop [hacking] if there is clear recognition [of] spying on Indonesia," a spokesman for the Java Cyber Army said when contacted through Facebook.