Data Breaches Continue to Occur

A hacker account known as Bjorka has allegedly leaked several correspondence documents claimed to belong to President Joko Widodo. The State Palace, however, has denied that any important data were leaked.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - This past week has seen repeated allegations of breaches of personal data belonging to several high-ranking state officials and the public. This incident has sounded the alarm over Indonesia’s cyber sovereignty.

In the online forum Breached.to, an account known as “Bjorka” traded the data of 1.3 billion SIM card registrations, which they claimed were obtained from all telecommunication operators at the end of last August. Six days later, the same account traded the data of 105 million Indonesian citizens, which they also claimed were obtained from the General Elections Commission’s (KPU) official website.