3,000 Indonesian Presidential Staff Data Allegedly Hacked, Palace: Data is Safe
Reporter
October 26, 2024 | 02:35 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Presidential Staff Office, or KSP, data has reportedly been hacked and leaked to the dark web. This was revealed by an X account @stealthemole_int early on Saturday, October 26, 2024.
The head of the Presidential Communications Office, Hasan Nasbi, responded that KSP data and information system were safe. Hasan confirmed this after coordinating with the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) and the Ministry of Communications and Informatics (Kominfo).
"We have coordinated with BSSN and Kominfo. So far, KSP's data and information systems are safe," Hasan said in a WhatsApp message on Saturday, October 26, 2024.
Earlier, the X account @stealthemole_int stated that more than 3,000 government data and information had been leaked. A statement even said that the information being circulated was very sensitive.
"A hacker on the dark web claimed to have leaked more than 3,000 government staff information records from the Indonesian Presidential Staff Office (KSP)," the account wrote.
Koran Tempo reported that there have been several cases of personal data breaches in Indonesia since a few years ago. The most recent incident involved a data breach after the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware cyberattack, which crippled the servers of the Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) in June 2024. This incident led to the disruption of several public services, including the immigration system at various airports.
After that, there were other data leak suspicions, such as the leak of 4.7 million civil servants' data managed by the National Civil Service Agency (BKN) in August 2024.
A month later, there was another data leak allegation. On September 18, 2024, the data of up to 6 million tax identification numbers (NPWP) managed by the Ministry of Finance's Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) was suspected to have been leaked. The data was traded from the Bjorka account on BreachForums, an online discussion site that discusses personal data hacking activities.
The NPWP data leak was first reported by the founder of Ethical Hacker Indonesia, Teguh Aprianto, with the account @secgron through social media X. He uploaded a screenshot of the BreachForums site containing 6 million hacked tax data being traded on the site. The six million personal data were sold for US$ 10,000 or around Rp150 million (at the exchange rate of Rp15,000 per US dollar).
Defara Dhanya Paramitha contributed to this article.
Editor's Choice: What is Data Leak and How to Prevent It from Happening?
Click here to get the latest news updates from Tempo on Google News
