Even Though It Was Hacked, The DKI Provincial Government Claims The Security Of The JAKI Application According To Standards

JAKARTA - Jakarta Smart City (JSC) of the DKI Jakarta Communication, Informatics and Statistics (Diskominfotik) Office has opened its voice over the hack that occurred in the Jakarta Kini (JAKI) application on Tuesday, December 12 evening.

The Jakarta resident's complaint channel was hacked shortly after being proud by presidential candidate Anies Baswedan in his inaugural 2024 presidential election debate last night.

Although it was hacked, JSC claimed that the information security system and data management in JAKI were in accordance with standards.

"We want to convey that the security of the JAKI application is held by implementing an information security management system, according to the ISO/SNI 27001 standard hearing," wrote JSC in the account X @JSCLab, Wednesday, December 13.

JSC also apologized if there were people who were uncomfortable due to the technical problems of the hack. The DKI Provincial Government, he continued, carries out regular security monitoring and vulnerabilities.

"We are trying to detect and respond quickly to mitigate all disturbances to maintain the security and privacy of JAKI user data," he explained.

Previously in the presidential candidate debate, Anies boasted that the JAKI application was launched to receive residents' complaints about the problems that arose in Jakarta.

Anies claimed that the ranks of the DKI Provincial Government will immediately follow up on reports that have been included in the application launched since he served as Governor of DKI Jakarta.

"We used to make it in Jakarta called JAKI. This is a superapps where all the services have sizes. For example, if you report a fallen tree, then we will give directions to the ranks for how many hours it must be done. When it is said that there is a report about the X incident, then how many hours must be done," explained Anies.

At around 21.00 WIB last night, an article appeared on the JAKI application page written by the anonymous hacker. The hacker or hacker criticized that the JAKI security system was weak and seemed carelessly made.

"Hello Jakarta resident, JAKI has been hacked," wrote the hacker on the JAKI application, Tuesday, December 12.

"Just now, JAKI was mentioned in the presidential election debate. Wow, sorry to say, but this application doesn't seem to be taken care of too much in reality, in terms of technology, IT security which is carelessly taken care of, and sub-sub-function applications that seem to be made less than optimal and look just like a template to make it look like an increase in credibility in the IT infrastructure sector and digitalization evenly in Jakarta," continued the hacker's statement.

The hacker realized that many parties did not like his actions. However, he admitted that he wanted to refute Anies' words and emphasized that JAKI was not worthy of being called a technological breakthrough.

"Imagine how much data passes every day and if all the personal data of Jakarta residents is threatened by the actions of irresponsible people," he explained.

However, at around 22.00 WIB, the hacker's article was deleted in the JAKI application.