Had Been Hacked Into Online Judi Show, DPR YouTube Account Hasn't Recovered 100 Percent

Head of the DPR RI news bureau Indra Pahlevi (Photo: Nailin In Saroh/DOK VOI)

JAKARTA - The official YouTube account of the DPR RI has returned to being active after being hacked into an account that broadcasts online gambling videos. The recovery of the DPR account was carried out by a team from the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN). Head of the DPR RI news bureau, Indra Pahlevi, said that the DPR RI YouTube account could be used even though it had not recovered 100 percent. "Approximately 7 days since yesterday, efforts have been made to recover 100 percent, meaning that currently the DPR's YouTube account has actually recovered but not yet 100 percent. We hope that maybe less than 7 days it should be able to recover and can be active again," said Indra at the DPR Media Center, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, September 7th. Indra said the DPR RI news bureau would strengthen the DPR's social media accounts. In addition, a task force will also be formed to anticipate similar incidents so that they do not happen again. "Because there are also very many social media accounts in the DPR, both managed by news agencies and social media, which are managed by units including AKD-AKD, so God willing, we will strengthen it, and create a kind of task force in order to anticipate the occurrence or repeat the same thing in the future," explained Indra. BSSN spokesman Ariandi Putra said on Wednesday, September 6, the security team incident of the DPR formed by BSSN made contact and reported the takeover of the official YouTube account belonging to the DPR RI which occurred at around 05.06 WIB. As well as carrying out the process of handling digital incidents and forensics on several devices used by the DPR RI social media admin. Based on the results of the detection by the BSSN team, indications of the presence of classy files on the devices used. Furthermore, the files found were handed over to the BSSN malware analysis team for further analysis. Then provide recommendations for countermeasures and recovery as well as the implementation of strengthening on the devices used. "On Wednesday at 11 am, hacking activities on the DPR RI YouTube account that broadcast live broadcasts had stopped. Not long after, the account was temporarily suspended by Google at the request of the DPR RI at 8.30 pm. The DPR's YouTube official account has recovered but still not as a whole," said BSSN spokesman Ariandi at the DPR Media Center, Thursday, September 7. On Thursday, September 7, the DPR and BSSN are still trying to carry out full recovery of the official YouTube account of the DPR RI. During the policy recovery period to be taken, for the time being the official YouTube account of the DPR RI was disabled by the DPR RI social media admin so that it could not be checked and viewed on YouTube. "There will be a strengthening of capacity, in this case related to human resources within the DPR RI, as well as related to the processes and technology used against the DPR by computer security officers, incident of responsibility in every Ministry of institutions," he said.

Ariandi added that BSSN and the DPR had coordinated with the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police as an effort to follow up on law enforcement in accordance with applicable regulations and regulations. "BSSN appeals to social media managers who are social media admins as well as the general public as well as electronic system administrators to always be vigilant regarding attacks and the like of preventive measures that can be taken," he concluded.