TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Police arrested suspected hacker of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) named DS alias Mr. Cakil (18).
“That’s right,” Police spokesperson Insp. Gen. Setyo Wasisto confirmed Tuesday, July 3, at Police Headquarter, South Jakarta.
DS was arrested on June 30 at around 13:30 on Jl. Kramat Jati, East Jakarta for allegedly hacking the website http.inforapat.bawaslu.go.id deliberately. “He did it to spend times trying the firewall of the website,” Setyo said.
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Aside from Bawaslu website, DS also hacked website of Banten Legislative Council (DPRD), Yayasan Al Muslim, as well as national and international online shopping platform.
The police confiscated one cell-phone, two memory cards, and four phone numbers. “We also seized Facebook and e-mail accounts.”
Allegedly hacking Bawaslu website, DS was charged with Law No. 19 of 2016 on the amendment of Law No. 18 of 2018 on Electronic Information and Transaction and Article 50 in conjunction to Article 22 (b) of Law No. 36/1999 on Telecommunication.
ANDITA RAHMA