Bareskrim Uncovers Sales Practices Of International Startup Account Hacking Tools

JAKARTA - The Directorate of Cyber Crime (Dittipidsiber) Bareskrim Polri and Interpol have uncovered cases of selling hacking tools. Where, the tool is used to hack accounts of international startup applications.

"Cooperating with the FBI and Interpol has succeeded in uncovering the perpetrators of selling hacking tools used to hack the accounts of users of international startup applications," said the Director of Tipidsiber, Criminal Investigation Unit of the Indonesian National Police Brigadier General Asep Edi Suheri in a statement, Friday, February 18.

The suspect, in this case, has the initials RNS (21). He was arrested in the Banjarbaru area, South Kalimantan.

Based on the results of the examination, the suspect's practice of selling this hacking tool was through a website. Where are the transactions using digital money?

"Transact using bitcoin," he said.

In fact, this hacking tool has been used against 70,000 accounts spread all over the world. In addition, the actions of these suspects caused losses in the tens of billions.

"Tens of thousands of accounts spread across 43 countries, including Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, France, the USA, and the UK. Based on the temporary search results, the losses caused by this crime have exceeded IDR 31 billion," said Asep

In this case, the suspect is RNS under Article 50 in conjunction with Article 34 paragraph (1) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE).

Then, Article 3 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering. Which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.