BNPB YouTube Channel Hacked, Police Intervene

JAKARTA - The National Police has intervened to investigate the hacking of the YouTube channel of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). Currently, the hacking case is being investigated.

"It is being investigated by the Cyber Crime Directorate," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo when confirmed, Thursday, December 9.

However, Dedi did not specify the extent of the investigation process that had been carried out. Just to emphasize, the hacking case has been communicated and is in the handling stage.

"It has been communicated," said Dedi.

The official YouTube account of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) is undergoing a hack, where the profile photo looks different from before turning into an Ethereum crypto asset profile.

The channel was previously owned by BNPB Indonesia, and is now Ethereum 2.0. The channel is now broadcasting a discussion about crypto by the founder of Ethereum himself, Vitalik Buterin, and has been conducting live broadcasts that have been monitored since this morning.

The BNPB Indonesia YouTube channel usually broadcasts information about natural disasters, webinars, and press releases. From the observations of VOI, the last video uploaded by the channel includes a discussion of the International Briefing Season related to COVID-19 and a video about reviewing the location after the eruption of Mount Semeru.

So far, no old Indonesian BNPB videos or playlists have been deleted by the hacker. So far, BNPB has not responded to the hack.