The Ministry Of Communication And Information Examines Allegations Of Leaking 337 Million Population Data

Illustration of data leakage. BETWEEN/HO-CISSReC

JAKARTA - Director General of Information and Public Communication of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics Usman Kansong said, his party will examine the alleged leak of 337 million population data. "The number of our population is 275 million, it means 300 million, that means an excess, so we will check what it is like," said Usman in Jakarta, Antara, Monday, July 17. Usman said the Ministry of Communication and Information would first hear a report from both parties. If later data leaks are found, then BSSN will conduct an audit to find out what amount and data is leaked, then the audit results will be reported to the Ministry of Communication and Information. "We will see if there is poor data control, then it has been regulated in PP (Gover Regulation) Number 71 of 2019 (regarding the Implementation of Systems and Electronic Transactions) what sanctions we can impose on data controllers," he said. Previously, the case of alleged data leakage was first revealed by a Twitter account named user @DailyDarkWeb on Saturday (15/7). In one of its uploads, the account states as many as 337,225,465 lines of population data managed by the Directorate General of the Ministry of Home Affairs were sold in hackers' forums (hackers). In a screenshot of the hacker forum shared by the Daily Dark Web account, the hacker claimed to get 337 million lines of data from the official website of the dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id.