Central Java Police Chief's Cellphone Hacked Through Apk Files, 2 Perpetrators Arrested In Palembang

Director of Special Criminal Investigation at the Central Java Police, Kombes Dwi Subagio (Photo: DOK ANTARA)

SEMARANG - Police are handling the alleged hacking of the Central Java Police Chief's cell phone number by sending an Apk file message via the Whatsapp application. Director of the Special Criminal Investigation of the Central Java Police, Kombes Dwi Subagio, confirmed the hack that occurred some time ago. Two perpetrators were arrested. "Two perpetrators were arrested in Palembang," he said in Semarang, quoted from Antara, Monday, July 31. According to him, the examination of the two perpetrators will still be carried out to find out the possibility of other victims. The modus operandi of the perpetrators, he continued, was to distribute Apk files that led to hacking. The arrest of the perpetrators was carried out a few days after the police chief's cell phone number was hacked.

He added that the case would be released after the two perpetrators were taken to Semarang and further prosecuted.